Patent ID: 9595753
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An antenna arrangement structure for a vehicle communication apparatus, in which interior antennas are arranged inside a vehicle interior surrounded by a vehicle body including right and left side sills formed of material reflecting an electromagnetic wave and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, a floor panel laid between the right and left side sills, and respective door inner panels of right and left doors positioned in a vicinity of the right and left side sills, and the interior antennas can communicate with a portable terminal device existing inside the vehicle interior over radio, wherein the interior antennas include right and left leaky coaxial cables capable of transmitting, to inside of the vehicle interior, a radio wave of a high-frequency zone having a frequency of 150 MHz or higher generated by a signal generator, and the right and left leaky coaxial cables are positioned, on a more inner side in a vehicle width direction than the right and left door inner panels, either at a lower portion of the vehicle interior and above the right and left side sills or at the lower portion of the vehicle interior and above both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel, and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the right and left leaky coaxial cables are covered with right and left side sill covers to cover at least a part of the right and left side sills and the floor panel.