Patent ID: 8238984

Claim:
An arrangement for coupling a mobile telephone antenna to a device including at least one of an external antenna of a motor vehicle and a hands-free device of a motor vehicle, comprising: said telephone antenna being at least one of a transmitting and receiving antenna of a mobile telephone; an antenna structure for wireless transmission of signals relative to and/or from a transmitting and/or receiving antenna of the mobile telephone; a holder for at least limiting movement of the mobile telephone; said holder being constructed for holding the same mobile telephone type within a local area defined by said holder in any given holding positions and for holding different mobile telephones types, said holder including a holding area being in the form of a trough for holding the mobile telephone, said holding area having a bottom and a self-contained circulating lateral edge surface, said bottom defining a support surface for placement of the mobile telephone; and said antenna structure being constructed and arranged relative to said holder such that, in every holding position, a wireless signal transmission occurs between said antenna of the held mobile telephone and said antenna structure.