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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1993
Central Glass Company, Ube, JP;
Abstract
A known first antenna is arranged in a space of a rear window glass above a defogging heater element and constituted by horizontal and vertical conductive strips. In accordance with the present invention, a second antenna is provided which consists of a feed point and a pair of first and second elements connected to the feed point and arranged in a space of the window glass around the heater element. The first element has a vertical conductive strip arranged in an area of the space between the heater element and a lateral edge of the window glass. The first element further has in an area of the space above the first antenna or in a space defined between the upper and lower ends of the first antenna, at least one horizontal conductive strip or a T-shaped or inverted T-shaped conductive strip assembly having a longer horizontal strip portion and a shorter vertical strip portion, or at least two horizontal conductive strips connected at opposite ends by vertical conductive strips to constitute a rectangular loop, or at least two horizontal conductive strips connected at one ends by a vertical conductive strip to constitute a -shape. The second element is arranged in an area of the space under the heater element and consists of a horizontal conductive strip and a vertical conductive strip.