Patent ID: 8525746

Claim:
An antenna and motor vehicle system, the antenna and motor vehicle system comprising, in combination: the motor vehicle having a cabin wall including an outer surface, and an inner surface that generally opposes the outer surface and a plurality of glass windows having a solar management coating, wherein the inner surface and the outer surface cooperate to create an aperture, and wherein the cabin wall defines an exterior environment and an interior cabin; an exterior antenna located within the exterior environment and connected to the vehicle, wherein the exterior antenna transmits and receives RF signals to and from an external RF device that is located in the exterior environment; and an interior antenna located within the interior cabin defined by the inner surface of the wall, wherein the interior antenna receives and transmits RF signals to and from an interior RF device located within the interior cabin, and a data transmission line that transmits RF signals, wherein the data transmission line is in direct electrical communication with both the exterior antenna and the interior antenna, and wherein the transmission line passes through the aperture located in the inner surface and the outer surface of the cabin wall, and wherein the interior antenna communicates RF signals obtained from the interior RF device located within the interior cabin through the transmission line to the exterior antenna, and the exterior antenna communicates RF signals obtained from the external RF device through the transmission line to the interior antenna.