US 12,218,427 B2
Radar antenna assembly and radar system
Dennis Vollbracht, Hilden (DE); and Mathias Busch, Wuppertal (DE)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies Limited, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,909.
Claims priority of application No. 21190101 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045388 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 19/17 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 19/17 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/3233 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3283 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radar antenna assembly for a vehicle, the radar antenna assembly comprising:
a feed element configured to at least one of transmit or receive radar signals; and
a metallic component of the vehicle that forms at least a part of a crash beam, a pillar, or a chassis, the metallic component of the vehicle comprising a curved or faceted surface portion,
wherein the feed element is supported by a conduit that extends through a passage formed in the crash beam, pillar, or chassis, the feed element positioned such that the curved or faceted surface portion forms a reflector for the feed element.