Patent ID: 7710333
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An antenna module for installation on a vehicle panel, the antenna module comprising: an exterior component adapted to be placed against an exterior surface of said panel, said exterior component including an antenna circuit and a first set of connector terminals electrically coupled to said antenna circuit; an interior component adapted to be placed against an interior surface of said panel and joined to said exterior component, said interior component including a second set of connector terminals, wherein said first set of connector terminals is joined with said second set of connector terminals by the joining of said interior component to said exterior component to electrically couple said antenna circuit to said second set of connector terminals; a bolt that is threaded into said exterior component for joining said interior component to said exterior component; and a clamping element that is driven into contact with the interior surface of said panel as said bolt is threaded into said exterior component, wherein said exterior component includes a standoff post that is contacted by said clamping element to limit a travel of said bolt and wherein a portion of said clamping element that contacts the interior surface of said panel is yieldable and buckles before said clamping element contacts said standoff post to compensate for dimensional variations.