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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Lars Reichardt, Wettstetten, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/10 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01); H01Q 1/521 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes an outer plate, formed from an electrically conductive material, which delimits an interior of the motor vehicle from an environment, and an antenna arrangement for exchanging electromagnetic radio waves with at least one object in the environment. The antenna arrangement has a predetermined directional characteristic and a control circuit operates the antenna arrangement at a predetermined operating frequency interval. The antenna arrangement includes at least one slot antenna provided in the outer plate as a respective slot.