Device for connecting an external antenna

• US 6,078,300 A
• Filed: 06/30/1998
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Lindemann, Bernd, Militz, Uwe, Warzecha, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEN, SHIH CHAO
• Application Number:
  US09/107,925
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 343/713, 343/725, 343/906
• US Class Current: 343/906
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1214 through a wall
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00

Abstract

A device for connecting an external antenna to at least one transmitting and/or receiving unit provided in a motor vehicle, the external antenna being connected via an antenna connection that has been passed through a first orifice in the vehicle body to an antenna cable linked to the at least one transmitting and/or receiving unit and being secured with anti-rotation locking to the vehicle body by a plug passed through a second orifice in the vehicle body, to render possible the connection of an additional transmitting and/or receiving device to the antenna. The plug is configured to accommodate a plug-in connection connected to the antenna. The plug-in connection is connectible to the mating connector of an antenna cable linked to at least one further transmitting and/or receiving unit.

Claims

1. A device for connecting an external antenna to a first communication unit and to a second communication unit in a motor vehicle, each of the first and second communication units including a transmitting and/or receiving unit, the device comprising:

an antenna connection passing through a first orifice in a body of the vehicle for connecting the external antenna to a first antenna cable coupled to the first communication unit;

an anti-rotation locking plug passing through a second orifice in the vehicle body, the anti-rotation locking plug preventing a rotation of the external antenna with respect to the vehicle body; and

a plug-in connection for connection to a mating connector of a second antenna cable coupled to the second communication unit, the plug accommodating the plug-in connection to connect the external antenna to the plug-in connection.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plug-in connection is configured as a coaxial cable connection.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plug-in connection is configured as an SMB plug connector.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit transmits and receives GPS signals.