Patent ID: 6819294
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60C,H01Q

Abstract:
A vehicle antenna device comprising:an electrically conducting structure acting as an antenna in a fender of a vehicle which is separated from an interior of the vehicle by an electrically conductive body panel, the fender being composed of an electrically non-conducting material in an area of the electrically conducting structure; and a shielding wall composed of an electrically conductive material, the shielding wall being electrically conductively connected to the body panel and being situated between a wheel bearing of the vehicle and the electrically conducting structure, the shielding wall being formed by a splash guard wall situated above a wheel of the vehicle corresponding to the wheel bearing, wherein the electrically conducting structure is situated an a side of the splash guard wall facing away from the wheel and is electrically insulated from the splash guard wall.