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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Agc Automotive Americas R&d, Inc., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Agc Glass Europe, Louvain-la-Nueve, BE;
Kenichiro Shimo, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, BE;
Peter Masschelein, Huldenberg, BE;
Romain Dacquin, Basècles, BE;
Fredrick M. Schaible, Grosse Point Park, MI (US);
Jun Noda, Canton, MI (US);
Jesus Gedde, Dexter, MI (US);
Tatuo Yajima, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R&D, INC., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
AGC GLASS EUROPE, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Abstract
A window assembly includes a substrate with an electrically conductive transparent layer that defines an area having a periphery. An outer region devoid of the transparent layer is defined adjacent to and along the periphery. An elongated antenna element is disposed in the outer region. A feeding element couples to the antenna element for energizing the antenna element. The area of the transparent layer defines at least two protrusions being spaced apart from one another and extending integrally from the area and into the outer region. The antenna element abuts and is in direct electrical contact with the at least two protrusions. The feeding element couples to the antenna element at a location between the at least two protrusions or at one of the at least two protrusions.