Glass antenna for side windshield of automotive vehicle

Abstract

In a glass antenna for a windshield such as a side windshield located at either side of a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle, a feed terminal is disposed on a proximity to a first corner of the windshield, a substantially letters shaped antenna element comprising: a first wire segment ( ′) extended from the feed terminal at the proximity to the first corner toward a substantially opposite direction to the first corner along at least a first side edge of the windshield, a second wire segment ( ) is extended from a tip of the first wire segment toward a proximity to a center of a second side edge of the windshield, a third wire segment ( ) is extended from a tip of the second wire segment toward a proximity to a second corner of the windshield which is opposite to the first corner, a fourth wire segment ( ) is extended from a tip of the third wire segment toward a substantially opposite direction to the second corner along a third edge of the windshield, and a plurality of other antenna elements are connected to the feed terminal and extended in parallel to one another in a first space defined between the first and second wire segments of the letters shaped antenna element and in a second space defined between the second, third, and fourth wire segments thereof.