Patent ID: 6317090
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A windshield assembly for a vehicle, said windshield assembly comprising:a windshield including an outer glass layer and an inner glass layer;a mirror fixture attached to an inside surface of the inner layer;a wire bundle attached to the inside surface of the inner layer proximate the mirror fixture; andan antenna system mounted to the windshield, said antenna system including an elongated antenna tuning element disposed between the outer glass layer and the inner glass layer at an upper portion of the windshield, an impedance matching element disposed between the outer glass layer and the inner glass layer at a bottom portion of the windshield and being electrically connected to the elongated tuning element, and a capacitive feed mounted to the inside surface of the inner layer and being capacitively coupled to the elongated antenna element, said tuning element and capacitive feed being asymmetrically positioned relative to the windshield and being separated from the wire bundle.