US 11,670,842 B2
Vehicle and an antenna spoiler for a vehicle
Jungnam Bae, Seoul (KR); Byoung Hyun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Jihoon Sung, Seoul (KR); Sangpil Kang, Incheon (KR); and Seyoung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and ACE ANTENNA CORP., Incheon (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Incheon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,835.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0138573 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131260 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/20 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/20 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a spoiler mounted on or near a rear of the vehicle; and
an antenna apparatus provided inside the spoiler, wherein the spoiler includes a spoiler body configured to include a seating portion on which the antenna apparatus is seated and includes a cover configured to cover the seating portion,
wherein the antenna apparatus includes
a casing,
a cable electrically connected to an electric apparatus in the vehicle,
a pole type antenna provided outside the casing, and
an antenna assembly electrically connected to the cable and the pole type antenna, where the antenna assembly includes at least one semiconductor element and a plurality of patch antennas mounted on a printed circuit board.