US 11,674,853 B2
System, comprising a metallic body and a sensor device having an optimized antenna unit
Stefan Gaier, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 16/645,881
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/072279
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/052771, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017216043.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0278259 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. G01K 1/14 (2021.01); G01K 1/024 (2021.01); G01M 13/04 (2019.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 1/14 (2013.01) [G01K 1/024 (2013.01); G01M 13/04 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
an essentially metallic body;
a sensor that is arranged within a clearance of the metallic body and that includes:
an antenna;
a ground potential electrically connected to the antenna and to the metallic body; and
a housing in which the sensor is housed, wherein the ground potential is electrically connected to the metallic body through a cutout in the housing,
wherein a cross section of the housing matches a cross section of the clearance,
wherein the housing completely fills the clearance, and a diameter of the housing equals a diameter of the clearance.