US 11,901,651 B2
Antenna component
Minoru Sunahara, Nagaokakyo (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,238.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-112618 (JP), filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010805 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/40 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/40 (2013.01) [H01Q 7/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna component, comprising:
a body extending in a first direction;
a coil antenna including a conducting wire wound around the body about an axis extending in the first direction and defining a center axis, the coil antenna including a first end portion and a second end portion;
a first terminal supported by the body and electrically connected to the first end portion, the first terminal being a single metal member; and
a second terminal supported by the body and electrically connected to the second end portion; wherein
the body includes a support strut extending in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
the first terminal includes:
a first fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a third direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction;
a second fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction;
a first coupling portion coupled to the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion; and
a contact portion coupled to at least one of the first fastening portion, the second fastening portion, or the first coupling portion, the contact portion extending in a fifth direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction.