EP0380231B1 - Stabantenne für Fahrzeuge - Google Patents
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- EP0380231B1 EP0380231B1 EP19900300465 EP90300465A EP0380231B1 EP 0380231 B1 EP0380231 B1 EP 0380231B1 EP 19900300465 EP19900300465 EP 19900300465 EP 90300465 A EP90300465 A EP 90300465A EP 0380231 B1 EP0380231 B1 EP 0380231B1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
- H01Q1/1207—Supports; Mounting means for fastening a rigid aerial element
- H01Q1/1214—Supports; Mounting means for fastening a rigid aerial element through a wall
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- the present invention relates to whip antennas mounted on vehicles such as automobiles, etc.
- antennas used as automobile radio antennas There are various structural types of antennas used as automobile radio antennas. Among these, one type of antenna which can be manufactured at low cost while still providing sufficient radio reception (which is a minimum requirement for such antennas) is a single-length whip antenna.
- a single-length whip antenna usually includes a single, continuous rod-form conductive part which more or less matches a quarter wavelength of the FM wave band.
- such antenna When mounted on a vehicle, such antenna remains exposed on the outside of the vehicle body. Accordingly, high tensile materials having high recoil strength (such as high tensile strength stainless steel etc.) are used to form such an antenna so that the antenna will be able to withstand loads applied by obstructions during operation of the vehicle and/or when the vehicle is washed.
- the whip antenna When the whip antenna is installed on a vehicle body in the assembly line, the antenna tends to occupy a relatively large space above the vehicle body. Thus, when vehicles having such an antenna installed thereon are transported, a great deal of space is wasted in order to accommodate the antenna. For this reason, the whip antennas are usually removable from the vehicle body (that is, from an attachment base which has been mounted to the vehicle body wall) via screws, etc. so as to save maximum amount of space and facilitate the transport of more vehicles.
- Such antennas are, however, likely to suffer problems in that the material used to form the whip material must have a high tensile strength. However, such material is difficult to work with, and thus, it is difficult for example to cut threads thereon. As a result, it is also difficult to screw-couple such an antenna to the attachment base in an "as is" condition.
- a structure like that shown in Fig. 4 has been employed in the prior art. Specifically, a joint 2 is attached to the base end of a whip antenna element 1, and a male screw 3 connected to this joint 2 is screwed into a female screw 6 formed in a coupling element 5 of an attachment base 4.
- a material having a tensile strength lower than that of the whip antenna element 1 is used to form the joint 2 in order to secure good workability. At the same time, such material must be thoroughly sufficient in terms of strength. Accordingly, the manufacturing costs tend to be high.
- US-A-2,886,814 discloses a mounting for an antenna which is specifically directed to the avoidance of snapping off the antenna.
- it describes a generally tapering sleeve which surrounds the antenna at its base portion and thereby takes strain from the antenna mounting if the antenna is bent.
- US-A-3,138,660 discloses a mounting for an automobile antenna intended to facilitate fitting of the antenna from outside the vehicle.
- the mounting is achieved by a screw member, but the antenna rod itself is retained simply by frictional contact in the mounting.
- EP-A-0370715 which is a document following within Art.54(3)EPC discloses an antenna attachment device allowing an antenna to be screwed into a mounting by providing a helical coil around the lower end of the antenna rod.
- the present invention provides a whip antenna, adapted to be removably screw- coupled to an attachment base mounted on a vehicle body, comprising a rod-form antenna element and a coupling member having a female screw formed on its inside circumferential surface, said screw-coupling being established by inserting a lower end of said antenna element into a hole formed in said attachment base and screwing said female screw onto a male screw formed on said attachment base; characterized in that the coupling member is fixed by a spot-weld to the antenna element towards its lower end whereby to prevent movement of the coupling member toward the lower end of the antenna element.
- the invention may be characterized by further comprising a stopper element welded to the antenna element towards its lower end whereby to prevent movement of the coupling member from a pre-determined position toward the lower end of the antenna element.
- the present invention provides a whip antenna for use in vehicles wherein a rod-form antenna element can be screw-coupled (or removably coupled) to an attachment base and the strength of the coupling section is great enough to avoid the danger of breakage, etc., even if the load of the antenna should be concentrated at the coupling section.
- a coupling member having a female screw formed on its inside circumferential surface is fastened to a rod-form antenna element near the lower end thereof.
- the coupling member on the rod-form antenna is prevented moving downwardly (toward the vehicle body) so that it cannot move toward the lower end of the antenna element from a certain point on the antenna element.
- the coupling member thus mounted on the antenna element is screw-coupled to an attachment base which is mounted on a vehicle body. Screw-coupling is accomplished by inserting the lower end of the antenna element into a hole formed in the attachment base and then screwing the female screw of the coupling member to a male screw installed in the attachment base.
- the base portion of the rod-form antenna element made of a highly rigid material may be used directly “as is “ as a coupling core (without the necessity of a joint as conventionally required).
- a base portion can be directly coupled to the attachment base.
- the intrinsic high rigidity and elasticity of the "whip" can be directly utilized so that the coupling strength is large and the drawbacks encountered in conventional devices is eliminated.
- a rod-form antenna element 11 is formed from a single, high tensile strength stainless steel rod.
- this rod-form antenna element 11 may consist of a multiple number of conductive tubes of different diameters which are telescopically connected so that the tubes are free to slide relative to each other.
- a skirt-form coupling member 12 is fastened near the lower end (or base portion) of the rod-form antenna element 11.
- the coupling member 12 is fixed at a point P on the antenna element 11 by spot welding so that it does not move on the antenna element 11 (or it does not move to the lower end of the antenna element 11).
- a female screw 13 is formed on the inside circumferential surface of the skirt part of the coupling member 12.
- a beveled area 14 consisting of hexagonally oriented surfaces are formed on the outside circumferential surface of the coupling member 12 so that a tightening tool can be used thereon.
- Reference numeral 15 in Fig. 1 indicates an attachment base which is fastened to the vehicle body wall (not shown) beforehand.
- a coupling cylinder 17 is inserted into and fastened to the inside of the central portion of this attachment base 15 with an inner tube 16 interposed between the coupling cylinder 17 and the attachment base 15.
- the coupling cylinder 17 has a hole 18 at the center so that the lower end of the rod-form antenna element 11 can be tightly inserted in the hole 18.
- a male screw 19 which engages with the female screw 13 of the coupling member 12 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion of the coupling cylinder 17.
- the whip antenna thus constructed is coupled to the attachment base 15 (in such a manner that the antenna can be freely installed or removed) by inserting the lower end of the rod-form antenna element 11 into the hole 18 of the coupling cylinder 17 secured in the attachment base 15, and then screwing the female screw 13 of the coupling member 12 onto the male screw 19 of the coupling cylinder 17 fixed to the attachment base 15.
- a highly rigid and elastic material can be used for whip element and the whip antenna can be used as a coupling core "as is” so that it is able to withstand the bending stress generated by external forces. Accordingly, the coupling strength is much stronger than conventional joints, so that no bending or breakage will occur even if a large load is applied to the antenna.
- Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
- a stopper or restrainer 21 for a coupling member 22 is spot-welded to the rod-form antenna element 11 at a point Q near the lower end of the antenna element 11.
- the coupling member 22 has a form of a short cylinder and is installed around the circumference of the antenna element 11 in a position which is higher than the stopper 21.
- a female screw 23 is formed on the inside circumferential surface of the coupling member 22 so that it can be screw connected to the cylinder 17 of Fig. 1.
- this embodiment has the following advantage in that even if the lower end portion of the rod-form antenna element 11 is inserted very tightly into the hole 18 (not shown in Fig. 2, see Fig. 1) so that the antenna element 11 is not easily rotated, the female screw 23 can be screwed onto the male screw 19 on the attachment base side without any difficulty by merely rotating the coupling member 22 itself.
- Fig. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
- a female screw 33 is formed by installing a helical assembly R (which is formed by coiling a wire material into a coil spring) on the inner circumferential surface of a skirt-form coupling member 32 which is fixed to the antenna element 11 at a point P by spot welding.
- a helical assembly R which is formed by coiling a wire material into a coil spring
- a coupling member which has a female screw formed on its inner circumferential surface is fastened to a lower part of a rod-form antenna element so that the coupling member is prevented from moving toward the lower end of the antenna element.
- the antenna can be screw-coupled to an attachment base mounted on the vehicle body in such a way that the lower end of the antenna element is brought into a hole formed in the attachment base and then the female screw of the coupling member is screwed to a male screw provided in the attachment base.
- the strength at the portion of the antenna element coupled to the vehicle body is great enough to ensure that there is no danger of breakage, etc., even if the load of the antenna element should be concentrated one the coupling section.
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- Stabantenne, die lösbar an einem Anbringungsunterteil (15) angeschraubt werden kann, das an einer Fahrzeugkarosserie angebracht ist, die ein stabförmiges Antennenelement (11) sowie ein Verbindungsteil (12,32) umfaßt, das ein Innengewinde (13,33) an seiner Innenumfangsfläche aufweist, wobei die Schraubverbindung durch Einführen eines unteren Endes des Antennenelementes in ein in dem Anbringungsunterteil ausgeformtes Loch (18) und Schrauben des Innengewindes auf ein an dem Anbringungsunterteil (15) ausgebildetes Außengewinde (19) hergestellt wird;
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verbindungselement durch eine Punktschweißnaht an dem Antennenelement in Richtung seines unteren Endes befestigt wird, wodurch Bewegung des Verbindungsteils in Richtung des unteren Endes des Antennenelementes verhindert wird. - Stabantenne, die lösbar an einem Anbringungsunterteil (15) angeschraubt werden kann, das an einer Fahrzeugkarosserie angebracht ist, die ein stabförmiges Antennenelement (11) sowie ein Verbindungsteil (12,32) umfaßt, das ein Innengewinde (23) an seiner Innenumfangsfläche aufweist, wobei die Schraubverbindung durch Einführen eines unteren Endes des Antennenelementes in ein in dem Anbringungsunterteil ausgeformtes Loch (18) und Schrauben des Innengewindes auf ein an dem Anbringungsunterteil (15) ausgebildetes Außengewinde (19) hergestellt wird;
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie des weiteren ein Anschlagelement (21) umfaßt, das an dem Antennenelement in Richtung seines unteren Endes angeschweißt ist, wodurch Bewegung des Verbindungsteils aus einer vorgegebenen Stellung in Richtung des unteren Endes des Antennenelementes verhindert wird. - Antenne nach Anspruch 2, wobei das Anschlagelement (21) in dem Verbindungsteil (22) aufgenommen ist.
- Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 1-3, bei der das Innengewinde (13,23,33) des Verbindungsteils (12,22,32) durch einen gewundenen Draht an der Innenfläche des Verbindungsteils gebildet wird.
- Antenne nach einem der Ansprüche 1-4, bei der das stabförmige Antennenelement aus hochzugfestem rostfreiem Stahl besteht.
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JP6213/89 | 1989-01-23 | ||
JP621389U JPH0298507U (de) | 1989-01-23 | 1989-01-23 |
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EP0380231A2 EP0380231A2 (de) | 1990-08-01 |
EP0380231A3 EP0380231A3 (de) | 1991-03-27 |
EP0380231B1 true EP0380231B1 (de) | 1995-03-15 |
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JP (1) | JPH0298507U (de) |
DE (1) | DE69017727T2 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2072382T3 (de) |
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FR2671769B1 (fr) * | 1991-01-22 | 1995-06-09 | Mat Equipement | Corps d'embase pour antenne montee sur une carrosserie de vehicule, antenne le comportant et moyens de montage de ladite antenne. |
FI112985B (fi) * | 1996-11-14 | 2004-02-13 | Filtronic Lk Oy | Yksinkertainen antennirakenne |
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US2886814A (en) * | 1956-12-24 | 1959-05-12 | Charlie C Williams | Rod type antenna |
US3138660A (en) * | 1962-11-14 | 1964-06-23 | Ward Products Corp | Automobile radio antenna |
GB2046529B (en) * | 1978-09-27 | 1983-08-03 | Wells D H | Base loaded antenna |
ES2090040T3 (es) * | 1988-11-22 | 1996-10-16 | Harada Ind Co Ltd | Un dispositivo de instalacion de antena que utiliza un dispositivo de acoplamiento de tipo tornillo. |
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- 1990-01-17 EP EP19900300465 patent/EP0380231B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE69017727T2 (de) | 1995-11-16 |
ES2072382T3 (es) | 1995-07-16 |
DE69017727D1 (de) | 1995-04-20 |
EP0380231A2 (de) | 1990-08-01 |
JPH0298507U (de) | 1990-08-06 |
EP0380231A3 (de) | 1991-03-27 |
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