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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Olov Edvardsson, Täby, SE;
Mattias Hellgren, Täby, SE;
Assignee:
SMARTEQ Wireless AB, Enebyberg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 ;
Abstract
The main object of the present invention is to provide a wide band antenna device integrated in a vehicle (,) for receiving and transmitting RF signals, without transmitting electromagnetic radiation into the compartment of the vehicle. This is achieved by providing a housing (,) being transparent to RF radiation in at least one direction. The housing being arranged inside the compartment (,) of the vehicle. The housing comprising means for suppressing RF radiation in substantially all directions facing substantially inwards the compartment of the motor vehicle seen from a radiating element (,) being arranged in the housing.