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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Ian Salsbury, Wickford Essex, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna assembly is disclosed in which at least part of the antenna assembly is formed as an integral part of an external plastic roof panel of a motor vehicle. In one embodiment a base member is formed as an integral part of the plastic panel, the base member being used to connect a flexible antenna to a circuit of the motor vehicle by means of an electrical connector. In a second embodiment the antenna is formed as an integral part of a base member. In both cases no aperture is required in the respective plastic panel and so no potential water leak paths are produced.