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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Agc Automotive Americas R&d, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Agc Flat Glass North America, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ming Lee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jesus Gedde, Dexter, MI (US);
Frederick M. Schaible, III, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Yasutaka Horiki, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jun Noda, Canton, MI (US);
AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R&D, INC, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A window assembly includes an electrically conductive transparent layer and an antenna element disposed on a substrate. The transparent layer has an area defining a periphery with a plurality of edges. An outer region devoid of the transparent layer is defined adjacent the transparent layer along the periphery. The antenna element includes a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment. The first antenna segment is elongated and disposed in the outer region and spaced from the periphery and extends solely along one edge of the periphery. The second antenna segment extends integrally from the first antenna segment towards the transparent layer such that the second antenna segment crosses a periphery of the transparent layer. A feeding element is coupled to the first antenna segment to energize the antenna element and the transparent layer such that the antenna element and the transparent layer collectively transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals.