Patent ID: 8378906

Claim:
An antenna apparatus comprising: a base; a cover which is fittable to the base; a tightening unit for tightening the base and the cover in a state of being fitted with each other; a circuit board housed in an internal space formed by the base and the cover; a supporting unit for supporting the circuit board in a standing state on the base; a first terminal attached to an upper end portion of the circuit board, the first terminal including: a locking part abutting against an upper end surface of the circuit board; a first nipping piece connected to the locking part and being provided along a first surface of the circuit board; a second nipping piece connected to the locking part and being provided along a second surface of the circuit board such that the circuit board is nipped between the first nipping piece and the second nipping piece; and a leaf spring portion connected to the second nipping piece and bent toward the second nipping piece at its connecting portion, wherein at least a tip portion of the leaf spring portion has a total width which is shorter than the connecting portion in a direction along the upper end surface of the circuit board; a second terminal electrically connected with the first terminal, the second terminal piercing through the cover above the circuit board; and an antenna element attached to the second terminal from an outside of the cover; wherein the base is tightened with the cover by the tightening unit whereby the circuit board is fixed on the base in the standing state and the first terminal is electrically connected with the second terminal; and wherein the second terminal is pressed against the tip portion of the leaf spring portion in a direction such that an interior angle formed by the second nipping piece and the leaf spring portion is widened.