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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for using the skin of a vehicle as a waveguide for surface waves to support far-field signal propagation to provide communications between various electrical nodes on the vehicle and for providing power signals. A dielectric layer is formed on the skin to define the waveguide, and a coupler couples signals from the node to the waveguide and receives signals from the waveguide to be sent to the node.