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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kunitoshi Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Mitoshi Fujimoto, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ; H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3437 / ; 343713 ; 343828 ; 343830 ;
Abstract
An antenna to be mounted on a vehicle. The antenna includes a ground plate with an L-shaped radiator plate and an L-shaped sub-radiator plate. One leg of the radiator plate and sub-radiator plate are parallel to the ground plate. The parallel legs are spaced from the ground plate. The other leg is perpendicular to the ground plate. The perpendicular leg is separated from the ground plate by a small gap. The two legs are opposed to each other with a gap between the legs parallel to the ground plate. In some embodiments, filler is placed between the plates.