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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventor:
Razvan Bejinaru, Timisoara, RO;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0452 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel unit antenna for use in a TPMS and corresponding wheel structure, in which the antenna is sized and oriented such that complete wheel structure including tire will act as a waveguide. The antenna may be non-resonant, in the form of a monopole perpendicular to a ground plane. In addition, the antenna has a length substantially shorter than a quarter wavelength, for example λ/10 or less.