Car phone antenna assembly

• US 4,825,217 A
• Filed: 02/09/1988
• Issued: 04/25/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tae Lim Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tae Lim Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Young J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sikes, William L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wimer, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US07/154,023
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 343/715, 343/713, 343/745, 343/749, 343/750, 343/850, 343/860, 343/861
• US Class Current: 343/715
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1285 with capacitive feeding through the windscreen

Abstract

A car phone antenna assembly which comprises a whip, a base mounted on a window of a car and a coupling unit having the structure for a capacitive tuning circuit. The coupling unit further comprises a coupling plate which acts as a coupling capacitor together with the base, first and second inductor members, and a variable capacitor member which can fine tune the resonant frequency of the antenna assembly.

Claims

1. A car phone antenna assembly comprising:

a whip for use in the car phone band frequency range;

a base, connected to an end of said whip, affixed to and mounted on a window of a car, and acting as a capacitor plate which serves as one of the two plates comprising a coupling capacitor; and

a coupling unit comprising;

a coupling plate being mounted on the inside of said window just opposite to said base, being fixed to a coupling box, and said coupling plate and said base, together with said window acting as said coupling capacitor;

a first inductor comprising an at least partially hollow copper tube located a distance from said coupling plate, joined to said coupling plate by two links, said copper tube connected across said distance to said coupling plate by said two links for the transmission of high-frequency energy, wherein a first end of said first inductor is connected to a coaxial connector;

a second inductor being connected between said first inductor and a grounding copper plate affixed to said coupling box; and

a variable capacitor comprising said first inductor and an adjustment screw connected to said grounding copper plate with a dielectric tube physically interposed between said first inductor and said adjustment screw, said variable capacitor for fine tuning the resonant frequency of the antenna assembly based on the position of said adjustment screw with respect to said first inductor.

2. A car phone antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said dielectric tube is attached to an inner surface of said first inductor and has a threaded hole; and

said adjustment screw is electrically connected and fixed to said grounding copper plate and is threaded into said dielectric tube in said threaded hole;

whereby the facing area between said first inductor and said adjustment screw is varied by adjusting said adjustment screw, whereby distributed capacitance between said first inductor and said adjustment screw is varied.

3. A car phone antenna assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adjustment screw is electrically connected and affixed to said grounding copper plate by a bolt and a nut, whereby said bolt has a threaded hole through which said adjustment screw is screwed.

4. A car phone antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second inductor comprises a part of said grounding copper plate.