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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Kiyoyasu Sakurada, Moriyama, JP;
Hiroshi Nongaki, Shiga-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyoyasu Sakurada, Moriyama, JP;
Hiroshi Nongaki, Shiga-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens antenna including a lens body and/or a matching layer. In the lens antenna, lens body may be formed by a material containing thermoplastic elastomers. When a matching layer is formed on the surface of the lens body, at least one of the lens body and the matching layer is formed by a material containing thermoplastic elastomers. The use of thermoplastic elastomers in the lens body and/or the matching layer assist in reducing the formation of cracks therein.