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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Shingo Tadokoro, Matsusaka, JP;
Masanori Kaihatsu, Matsusaka, JP;
Masaki Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube-shi, JP;
Abstract
An automotive glass antenna which is an FM radio broadcast wave receiving antenna provided in blank spaces below or lateral sides of a defogger of a window glass provided in a rear door of a hatchback type of an automobile, the automotive glass antenna including: a first auxiliary element including at least a first auxiliary horizontal strip which branches from a lower end of a bus bar of the defogger, or from a lowermost horizontal heater strip, and which extends along the lowermost heater strip; a second auxiliary element including at least a second auxiliary vertical strip which extends from an upper end of each bus bar through an extension line, and which is apart from the bus bar in an outward direction; a horizontal element which extends in a substantially horizontal direction from a feed point provided near a lower portion of the bus bar of the defogger, and which is adjacent to the first auxiliary horizontal strip to achieve a capacitive coupling; and a vertical element which extends from the feed point along an outside of the bus bar, and which is adjacent to the bus bar to achieve the capacitive coupling.