US 11,862,846 B2
Antenna module and vehicle
Tatsuhiro Shimura, Osaka (JP); Isao Katsura, Osaka (JP); and Masahiko Onishi, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/284,803
Filed by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/027004
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/084841, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-199742 (JP), filed on Oct. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006178 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/3291 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 19/104 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna module to be provided to a vehicle, the antenna module comprising:
an array antenna configured to form a beam directed from an aperture provided in an exterior body panel of the vehicle, toward a vehicle outside; and
a housing holding the array antenna in a vehicle inside,
wherein a plurality of antenna bases of the array antenna are inclined in directions different from each other.