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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. 25, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F Kennedy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul A Zoito, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343846 ; 3437 / ; 343848 ;
Abstract
An antenna is provided on a circuit board which has an elongated stub, having an end connected through a dielectric to a ground plane. The ground plane/stub combination forms a resonant cavity. The stub has a electrically conductive sail for increasing the omnidirectionality and sensitivity of the antenna.