| US 7,501,989 B2 | ||
| Antenna apparatus | ||
| Shingo Fujimoto, Tokai (Japan); Eiji Koide, Takahama (Japan); Hideaki Takahashi, Chiryu (Japan); Kazunari Saito, Katagami (Japan); Tomohiro Shinkawa, Katagami (Japan); and Toshihiko Inaba, Katagami (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken (Japan); and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/723,540. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-076637 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0216597 A1, Sep. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 1/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—713 [343/711] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An antenna apparatus comprising:
a feed element;
a passive element provided so as to be distanced from the feed element;
a cable connected to the feed element;
a main circuit board to which the feed element and the passive element are mounted;
an antenna holder having a holder main surface on which the main circuit board with the feed element and the passive element
is held;
a first feed element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the feed element;
and
a first passive element provided surface formed on the holder main surface of the antenna holder in order to hold the passive
element,
wherein the antenna holder includes a feed element holding portion protruding from the holder main surface so as to face the
first feed element provided surface and the feed element is sandwiched between the first feed element provided surface and
the feed element holding portion, and
wherein the antenna holder includes a passive element holding portion protruding from the holder main surface so as to face
the first passive element provided surface and the passive portion is held so as to be sandwiched between the passive element
holding portion and the first passive element provided surface.
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