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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:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Donald B. Hibbard, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Gregg R. Kittinger, Pontiac, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/08 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); H04B 1/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0805 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); H04B 1/10 (2013.01); H04B 1/109 (2013.01); H04B 1/1027 (2013.01); H04B 1/123 (2013.01); H04B 1/126 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna system includes a controller operatively connected to a first antenna and a second antenna, the controller including a vehicle position input configured and disposed to receive GPS position data identifying a location of a motor vehicle and a vehicle heading input configured and disposed to receive GPS heading data for the motor vehicle. The controller is configured and disposed to selectively employ at least one of the first and second antennas to receive a radio signal based on received location and heading data for the motor vehicle.