Patent ID: 11862846
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An antenna module to be provided to a vehicle, the antenna module comprising:
an array antenna configured to form a beam directed from an aperture provided in an exterior body panel of the vehicle, toward a vehicle outside; and
a housing holding the array antenna in a vehicle inside, wherein
the housing includes: a bottom portion to which the array antenna is fixed; and a cylindrical side wall portion erected from the bottom portion,
a fixing sleeve to which the housing is inserted and fixed is provided at the exterior body panel,
a fixing mechanism for fixing the housing to the fixing sleeve is provided at the side wall portion
an annular flange portion extending radially outward is provided at an end of the side wall portion, and
the flange portion is made of an electrical insulator and overlaps a surrounding portion surrounding the side wall portion on an outer surface of the exterior body panel.