Patent ID: 6784846
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna for automobiles comprising:a coaxial coupler, which has an outer conductor, an inner conductor and a plastic supporting body, which fixes the inner conductor inside the outer conductor, a radiating element, which is connected to the inner conductor of the coupler in an electrically conductive manner, whereby a circuit provided for matching the antenna is located on a circuit supporting plate, which is arranged between the radiating element and the inner conductor of the coupler and which extends in the direction of the radiating element, said circuit being also connected to the inner conductor of the coupler as well as to the radiating element in an electrically conductive manner, and a plastic sleeve, which encapsulates the radiating element and in which the outer conductor of the coupler is anchored, and wherein the circuit supporting plate is embedded in the supporting body and, on the edge thereof, has a contact surface, which is not covered by the plastic of the supporting body, and which is configured for contact with the outer conductor of the coupler.