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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Hiroyuki Maeda, Zama, JP;
Junichi Kohinata, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shinkawa, Yamato, JP;
Morihiro Inomata, Wako, JP;
Yasuyuki Shigefuji, Wako, JP;
Hitoshi Otsuka, Wako, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention includes an antenna rod, an antenna base which attaches the antenna rod so as to be capable of swiveling, a joint assembly which consists of a cylindrical member in an axial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rod at one end of the antenna rod, a pair of pivotal support portions provided so as to confront an upper portion of the antenna base so as to mount the joint assembly on a pivot in a swiveling manner, and a torsion spring which is provided with respect to the joint assembly and automatically returns the joint assembly to a predetermined swiveling position by giving the elasticity of itself even if a swiveling position of the joint assembly is changed due to an external force applied to the antenna rod.