Window glass for vehicle and antenna

• US 9,118,114 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AGC, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kagaya, Osamu, Suenaga, Kotaro, Ikawa, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US13/904,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 343/713, 343/712, 343/711
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1271 for mounting on windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3291 mounted in or on other locations inside the vehicle or vehicle body
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/10 Resonant slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

Abstract

Window glass for vehicle may include an antenna conductor having electrodes provided on a surface of a dielectric on a side opposite from a conductive film. The conductive film may include a slot with a first end part that opens at a peripheral edge part of the conductive film. The antenna conductor may include a loop-shaped antenna element which electrodes serve as a feeding point, and projections of the electrodes onto a glass plate are located at positions not overlapping the conductive film, and a projection of the loop-shaped antenna element onto the glass plate forms a crossover part that crosses the slot.

Claims

1. Window glass for vehicle, comprising:

a glass plate;

a dielectric;

a conductive film arranged between the glass plate and the dielectric; and

an antenna conductor having electrodes provided on a surface of the dielectric on a side opposite from the conductive film,

wherein the conductive film is formed with a slot having a first end part that opens at a peripheral edge part of the conductive film,

the antenna conductor includes a loop-shaped antenna element which the electrodes serve as a feeding point,

projections of the electrodes on a side of the glass plate are located at positions not overlapping the conductive film, and

a projection of the loop-shaped antenna element on the side of the glass plate forms a crossover part that crosses the slot.

2. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric is formed by an other glass plate different from the glass plate.

3. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

an intermediate film between the glass plate and the other glass plate.

4. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the intermediate film is arranged in at least one of a position between the glass plate and the conductive film or a position between the other glass plate and the conductive film.

5. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric is a film-shaped or plate-shaped body.

6. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when a wavelength in air at a center frequency of a predetermined frequency band is denoted by λ

₀, a shortening coefficient of wavelength for glass is denoted by k (where k=0.64), and λ

_g=λ

₀·

k,

a loop length of the loop-shaped antenna element is λ

_g or longer and (7/5)·

λ

_g or shorter.

7. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a loop length of the loop-shaped antenna element is 640 mm or longer and 900 mm or shorter.

8. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when a wavelength in air at a center frequency of a predetermined frequency band is denoted by λ

₀, a shortening coefficient of wavelength for glass is denoted by k (where k=0.64), and λ

_g=λ

₀·

k,

a slot length of the slot from the crossover part to a second end part opposite to the first end part of the slot is ( 3/16)·

λ

_g or longer and ( 5/16)·

λ

_g or shorter.

9. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot length from the crossover part to a second end part of the slot opposite to the first end part is 120 mm or longer and 200 mm or shorter.

10. The window glass for vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive film is formed with an other slot at positions separated from the slot.

11. An antenna comprising:

a glass plate;

a dielectric;

a conductive film arranged between the glass plate and the dielectric; and

an antenna conductor having electrodes provided on a surface of the dielectric on a side opposite from the conductive film,

wherein the conductive film is formed with a slot having a first end part that opens at a peripheral edge part of the conductive film,

the antenna conductor includes a loop-shaped antenna element which the electrodes serve as a feeding point,

projections of the electrodes on a side of the glass plate are located at positions not overlapping the conductive film; and

a projection of the loop-shaped antenna element on the side of the glass plate forms a crossover part that crosses the slot.

12. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein the dielectric is formed by an other glass plate different from the glass plate.

13. The antenna as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

an intermediate film between the glass plate and the other glass plate.

14. The antenna as claimed in claim 13, wherein the intermediate film is arranged in at least one of a position between the glass plate and the conductive film or a position between the other glass plate and the conductive film.

15. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein the dielectric is a film-shaped or plate-shaped body.

16. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein, when a wavelength in air at a center frequency of a predetermined frequency band is denoted by λ

₀, a shortening coefficient of wavelength for glass is denoted by k (where k=0.64), and λ

_g=λ

₀·

k,

a loop length of the loop-shaped antenna element is λ

_g or longer and (7/5)·

λ

_g or shorter.

17. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein a loop length of the loop-shaped antenna element is 640 mm or longer and 900 mm or shorter.

18. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein, when a wavelength in air at a center frequency of a predetermined frequency band is denoted by λ

₀, a shortening coefficient of wavelength for glass is denoted by k (where k=0.64), and λ

_g=λ

₀·

k,

a slot length of the slot from the crossover part to a second end part opposite to the first end part of the slot is ( 3/16)·

λ

_g or longer and ( 5/16)·

λ

_g or shorter.

19. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein a slot length from the crossover part to a second end part of the slot opposite to the first end part is 120 mm or longer and 200 mm or shorter.

20. The antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein the conductive film is formed with an other slot at positions separated from the slot.