EP1329978A1 - Dispositif de support pour une antenne et procédé d'assemblage dudit dispositif sur la carrosserie d'un véhicule - Google Patents

Dispositif de support pour une antenne et procédé d'assemblage dudit dispositif sur la carrosserie d'un véhicule Download PDF

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EP1329978A1
EP1329978A1 EP02001460A EP02001460A EP1329978A1 EP 1329978 A1 EP1329978 A1 EP 1329978A1 EP 02001460 A EP02001460 A EP 02001460A EP 02001460 A EP02001460 A EP 02001460A EP 1329978 A1 EP1329978 A1 EP 1329978A1
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bodywork
support base
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Roberto Ronzani
Federico Iacovella
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Calearo Antenne SpA
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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/32—Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
    • H01Q1/325—Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle
    • H01Q1/3275—Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk

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  • the present invention relates to a support base for an antenna and a method for assembling said support base on the bodywork of a vehicle.
  • the support base in question is advantageously intended to be mounted on the bodywork or on the chassis of any vehicle for road travel, such as, for example, a motor car, a lorry or a heavy goods vehicle.
  • the antennae currently used in the sector of road vehicles are generally composed of a support base fixed to the bodywork of the vehicle and a fixed or removable part which forms the actual receiving/transmitting part of the antenna and which is moreover formed by a rod.
  • the support base is traditionally composed of a support structure provided with a bottom contact zone intended to come into bearing contact with the bodywork of the vehicle.
  • a projecting element extends from the abovementioned contact zone and may be inserted into a corresponding opening formed in the bodywork so as to allow connection to the latter with the aid of suitable fixing means.
  • the support structure may be arranged inside the vehicle, keeping the projecting element directed from the inside towards the outside of the vehicle or may be arranged on the external bodywork and directed towards the inside of the vehicle.
  • the fixing means are generally composed of screw/nut-screw coupling systems associated with the projecting element.
  • the bodywork and the support structure must be made of particularly hard materials. Consequently, the interference between the hole and the projecting element, in order to allow the latter to be inserted with a constant compressive force which is not excessive for the operator must have a very small value, probably of the order of a few hundredths of a millimetre. This requires a precision as regards the production of the contact bodies and an accuracy in the formation of the holes, which greatly penalises the entire antenna production process.
  • the support structure may not enter with interference inside the hole, therefore not allowing temporary securing thereof on the bodywork or the operator may have to exert an excessive pushing force in order to be able to insert the projecting element inside the hole.
  • German patent DE A 4336191 discloses a method for assembly of the support base which uses a support structure having a plastic sleeve which is provided with an elastically yielding shaped lug and is mounted around the projecting element.
  • the abovementioned lug is deformed so as to overcome the profile of the hole and no longer allows return of the projecting element which therefore remains fastened, together with the support structure, to the bodywork of the vehicle.
  • the support bases are mounted on the outside of the vehicle and therefore do not allow the use of the technical solution described briefly hereinabove.
  • the size and shape of the projecting element and the hole are determined by the car manufacturers who do not allow for sufficient space in order to be able to fix around the projecting element a plastic sleeve with a deformable lug.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art mentioned above, by providing an antenna support base which allows provisional fastening onto the bodywork of the vehicle to be performed during assembly.
  • Another particular object of the present invention is that of providing an assembly method which allows the installation of the support base on any type of vehicle by a single operator.
  • a further object of the present invention is that of providing an assembly method which is simple and operationally entirely reliable.
  • the support base for a vehicle antenna which comprises a support structure with a bottom contact zone intended to come into bearing contact with the external surface of the bodywork of a vehicle and provided with a projecting element intended to be inserted into a connecting hole formed in the bodywork, and fixing means for rigidly connecting the support structure to the bodywork; as well as temporary fastening means for retaining the support structure joined to the bodywork during assembly of the support base on the bodywork with the aid of the fixing means.
  • the temporary fixing means comprise at least one elastically yielding element mounted on the projecting element.
  • 1 denotes in its entirety an antenna for vehicles and 2 the support base of the antenna according to the present invention.
  • the latter is suitable for being installed advantageously on any type of vehicle and, in particular, on vehicles intended for road travel, such as, for example, motor cars, lorries, articulated lorries or the like.
  • antennae 1 are installed on these vehicles in order to allow the operation of radio equipment, satellite navigation systems (GPS) or receiving/transmitting apparatus such as cellular phones, CB radio systems or the like.
  • GPS satellite navigation systems
  • receiving/transmitting apparatus such as cellular phones, CB radio systems or the like.
  • the antennae 1 are generally composed of the support base 2 which can be secured to the vehicle bodywork and the actual transmitting part generally consisting of a rod-like element, of the fixed or removable type, not shown in detail in the example shown in the accompanying figures since it is of a type known per se.
  • the support base 2 is in turn composed of a support structure 3 provided with a bottom contact zone 4 intended to come into contact with the external surface 5 of the bodywork 6 of a vehicle.
  • a projecting element 7 extends from the bottom contact zone 4 and is intended to be inserted inside a connecting hole 8 formed in the bodywork 6.
  • the support base 2 is also provided with fixing means 10 for rigidly connecting the bottom contact zone 4 to the bodywork 6 and temporary fastening means 11 for retaining the support structure 3 joined to the bodywork 6 during assembly of the support base 2.
  • the temporary fastening means 11 comprise an elastically yielding element 12 mounted on the projecting element 7.
  • the projecting element 7 is provided with a first parallelepiped-shaped portion 7' and a second cylindrical-shaped portion 7" which is mounted as a continuation of the first portion 7' and has externally a thread 13 for effecting the connection with the fixing means 10.
  • the width d of the second portion 7" is substantially equal to the length L of one side of the first portion 7'.
  • the elastically yielding element 12 may be advantageously obtained by means of a pair of elongated metal plates which are mounted inside seats 14 formed in diametrically opposite positions of the first portion 7' of the projecting element 7.
  • Each plate 12 is provided with an end part 15 which is folded onto itself so as to define a concavity 16 which is directed towards the internal surface 5' of the bodywork 6 when the element 7 is inserted into the hole 8 (see Fig. 6).
  • a certain interference may be envisaged in order to allow locking engagement of the plate 12 inside the respective seat 14.
  • the terminal edge 17 of the plate 12 prevents the projecting element 7 from coming out by locking against the internal surface 5' of the bodywork 6. This allows the support base 2 joined to the bodywork of the vehicle 6 to be retained until the operator rigidly connects the projecting element 7 to the bodywork 5 with the aid of the fixing means 10 which advantageously may also simply consist of a nut 18 able to be screwed onto the thread 13.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for assembling the support base 2 on the bodywork 6 of a vehicle.
  • this method comprises a step involving positioning of the support structure 3 on the bodywork 6 of the vehicle with the bottom contact zone 4 making contact with the external surface 5 thereof and with the projecting element 7 inserted inside the connecting hole 8, a step involving compression of the support structure 3 on the bodywork 6 in order to activate the temporary fastening means 11 so as to retain the support structure 3 joined to the bodywork 6 and finally a step involving rigid connection of the bottom contact zone 4 to the external surface 5 of the bodywork 5 using the fixing means 10.
  • the fixing step advantageously consists in screwing of the nut 18 onto the thread 13 of the second portion 7" of the projecting element 7.
  • the compressive force which the operator must exert on the support structure 3 must be able to overcome the resistive elastic force of the end part 15 - folded onto itself - of the plate 12 which is mounted inside the seat 14 of the projecting element 7.
  • the invention thus conceived therefore achieves the predefined objects.

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WO2006029939A1 (fr) * 2004-09-17 2006-03-23 Robert Bosch Gmbh Dispositif de fixation d'une antenne
DE102008002132A1 (de) 2008-05-30 2009-12-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Halterung für ein Kraftfahrzeug-Anbauteil und Vorrichtung zum Halten eines Kraftfahrzeug-Anbauteils
CN108023147A (zh) * 2017-12-29 2018-05-11 京信通信系统（中国）有限公司 合路器、移相器组件及天线
WO2023230029A1 (fr) * 2022-05-23 2023-11-30 Ubicquia, Inc. Support d'antenne pour une structure

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JPH1022718A (ja) * 1996-06-28 1998-01-23 Nippon Antenna Co Ltd 自動車用アンテナ
FR2767419A3 (fr) * 1997-08-13 1999-02-19 Zendar Spa Dispositif d'auto-positionnement et d'accrochage d'antennes de vehicules
EP1120853A1 (fr) * 1999-07-22 2001-08-01 Nippon Antena Kabushiki Kaisha Antenne de voiture
DE10009978A1 (de) * 2000-03-03 2001-09-13 Bosch Gmbh Robert Vorrichtung zur Befestigung einer Fahrzeugantenne

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JPH1022718A (ja) * 1996-06-28 1998-01-23 Nippon Antenna Co Ltd 自動車用アンテナ
FR2767419A3 (fr) * 1997-08-13 1999-02-19 Zendar Spa Dispositif d'auto-positionnement et d'accrochage d'antennes de vehicules
EP1120853A1 (fr) * 1999-07-22 2001-08-01 Nippon Antena Kabushiki Kaisha Antenne de voiture
DE10009978A1 (de) * 2000-03-03 2001-09-13 Bosch Gmbh Robert Vorrichtung zur Befestigung einer Fahrzeugantenne

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1998, no. 05 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30) *

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2006029939A1 (fr) * 2004-09-17 2006-03-23 Robert Bosch Gmbh Dispositif de fixation d'une antenne
DE102008002132A1 (de) 2008-05-30 2009-12-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Halterung für ein Kraftfahrzeug-Anbauteil und Vorrichtung zum Halten eines Kraftfahrzeug-Anbauteils
US20110084191A1 (en) * 2008-05-30 2011-04-14 Blaupunkt Antenna Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg Holder for a motor vehicle add-on part and device for holding a motor vehicle add-on part
CN108023147A (zh) * 2017-12-29 2018-05-11 京信通信系统（中国）有限公司 合路器、移相器组件及天线
CN108023147B (zh) * 2017-12-29 2023-07-21 京信通信技术(广州)有限公司 合路器、移相器组件及天线
WO2023230029A1 (fr) * 2022-05-23 2023-11-30 Ubicquia, Inc. Support d'antenne pour une structure

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