WINDOW FRAME

• US 20160087327A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Inventors: Guan, Ning, Yamaguchi, Yuichiro, Chiba, Hiroshi, Tayama, Hiroiku, Niihara, Yoshihiro
• Application Number:
  US14/769,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20160087327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/20 Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds antiglare provisions B60J3/00; wind deflectors associated with roof openings B60J7/22; removable external protective coverings for windows or windscreens B60J11/08 ; aerodynamical spoiler for vehicles B62D35/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0402 window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1271 for mounting on windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3283 side-mounted antennas, e.g. bumper-mounted, door-mounted mounted on windscreens H01Q1/1271
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/40 Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/16 with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence

Abstract

A main body (100) of a window frame (10) in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a holding section (130) that holds an end part of a window (32) with the use of a window guide (36) made of rubber. A film antenna (200) incorporated into the main body (100) includes a feed section (230) located so as not to overlap the window guide (36) when the main body (100) in a plan view is viewed from a vehicle-exterior side.

Claims

1. A window frame to be attached to a metal frame,

the metal frame having an opening in which a window is to be provided and including (i) a first plane part located on an outer side of the metal frame and (ii) a second plane part located on an inner side of the metal frame and located closer to a vehicle-interior side than is the first plane part,

said window frame comprising:

a window frame main body to be attached to at least part of the metal frame, which part is located on a vehicle-exterior side; and

an antenna incorporated into the window frame main body,

the window frame main body including a holding section which is a part facing the second plane part and which holds an end part of the window by use of a window guide made of rubber, and

the antenna including a feed section located so as not to overlap the window guide when the window frame main body in a plan view is viewed from the vehicle-exterior side.

2. The window frame as set forth in claim 1, wherein

EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene rubber) is used as a material of which the window guide is made.

3. The window frame as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the material of which the window guide is made contains carbon black.

4. The window frame as set forth in any on claim 1, wherein

the feed section of the antenna is located so as to overlap neither the window guide nor the first plane part when the window frame main body in a plan view is viewed from the vehicle-exterior side.

5. The window frame as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the antenna further includes a planar transmission line that extends, on a base material of the antenna, from the feed section of the antenna to a peripheral end part of the window frame main body.

6. The window frame as set forth in claim 5, wherein

a first end part of the planar transmission line, which first end part is opposite a second end part on a feed-section side, extends from the window frame main body.

7. The window frame as set forth in claim 5, wherein

at least part of the planar transmission line (i) overlaps the first plane part of the metal frame and (ii) extends in a longitudinal direction of the window frame main body to the peripheral end part of the window frame main body.

8. The window frame as set forth in claim 5, wherein

the antenna is integrated with the planar transmission line and is buried in the window frame main body made of resin.

9. The window frame as set forth in claim 5, wherein

when the window frame main body in a plan view is viewed from the vehicle-exterior side, the first end part of the planar transmission line is located so as to overlap a door body which constitutes, together with the metal frame, a door.

10. The window frame as set forth in claim 5, wherein

when the window frame main body in a plan view is viewed from the vehicle-exterior side, the first end part of the planar transmission line is located so as to overlap neither the window guide nor the first plane part.