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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Francis A. Stengel, Jr., Lancaster, NY (US);
Sti-Co Industries, Inc., Orchard Park, NY (US);
Abstract
A broadcast coupler which couples both a broadcast radio receiver and communications equipment in a vehicle to the existing OEM vehicle antenna wherein no physical modifications are made to either the antenna mast or the antenna base or the antenna feed line. The broadcast coupler has a built-in tuner capability which permits the existing OEM supplied antenna to function as a low standing wave ratio (SAR) communications antenna. The broadcast coupler tunes the existing OEM antenna and provides the necessary isolation to permit the communications equipment, i.e., transmitter, receiver or transceiver, to function without detection by the operator of the vehicle. Since the existing OEM antenna is tuned by the broadcast coupler, the vehicle does not have to be modified and a new antenna does not have to be purchased.
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