Patent ID: 7525433

Claim:
A wireless communication module to be installed on a license plate of a vehicle, the module comprising: a memory device that stores vehicle information; a wireless communication circuit that performs a wireless communication with an outer apparatus to exchange the vehicle information; a battery that supplies electric power to the memory device and to the wireless communication circuit; and a housing that receives the memory device, the wireless communication circuit and the battery therein and is to be fixed to the license plate, the housing accommodating the battery, the memory device and the wireless communication circuit, the housing being smaller than the license plate, fixed to a front side of the license plate and separate from the license plate; wherein the housing includes means for preventing removal of the module from the license plate, the preventing means including a hook defining a first surface adapted to contact a front face of the license plate and a second surface adapted to contact a rear face of the license plate, the first surface being opposite to the second surface.