Antenna device

• US 7,215,291 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Harada Industry Company Limited, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Maeda, Hiroyuki, Saito, Hajime, Nagasawa, Satoshi, Toda, Kentaro, Furukatsu, Kazuhiko, Ishibayashi, Katsushiro, Nakano, Kazuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan; Tho
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Chuc
• Application Number:
  US11/246,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20060077112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 343/713, 343/715, 343/711, 343/882, 343/719, 343/878, 403/197, 403/252
• US Class Current: 343/715
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1242 Rigid masts specially adapted for supporting an aerial
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3275 mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6215 using one or more bolts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6395 for wall or panel outlets
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/02 for antennas

Abstract

An antenna main body comprises an antenna element, female connectors provided at a first connector, a female screw section, and an engagement claw inserted into an antenna mount hole H to make engagement with a lower side face of a roof panel R. A fixing member comprises cables, male connectors provided at a second connector, the male connectors being provided to make mechanical engagement with, and electrical connection to, female connectors, and being connected to the cable, and a male screw section helically fitted to a female screw section, thereby tightening the female connectors, the male connectors, and a roof panel R with one another.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

an antenna main body disposed on one face side of a plate material having a mount hole provided therein; and

a fixing member disposed on the other face side of the plate material, the fixing member fixing the antenna main body to the plate material,

wherein the antenna main body comprises;

an antenna element;

a first connector electrically connected to the antenna element;

a first screw section provided in a tightening direction in which an axial center line thereof passes through the mount hole; and

an engagement section inserted into the mount hole from the one face side, thereby making engagement with the other face side, and

the fixing member comprises;

a feeder line provided to make connection with the antenna element;

a second connector connected to the feeder line and provided to make mechanical engagement with, and electrical connection to, the first connector; and

a second screw section helically fitted to the first screw section, thereby tightening the antenna main body, the fixing member, and the plate material with one another.

2. An antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member comprises a grounding member made of an electrically conductive material which abuts against the plate material due to tightening of the second screw section.

3. An antenna device according to claim 2, wherein the grounding member covers the second connector from an opposite side of the plate material.

4. An antenna device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing member further comprises an elastic body provided between the second connector and the grounding member.

5. An antenna device according to claim 2, wherein the fixing member comprises a restricting section which restricts a movement quantity in the tightening direction of the grounding member of the second connector in a predetermined range.

6. An antenna device according to claim 2, wherein the grounding member comprises a slippage proof section which prevents the second screw section from slipping off at an opposite side of the plate material.

7. An antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna element comprises one or a plurality of elements which correspond to a plurality of frequency band.