US 12,244,746 B2
Wireless communication apparatus and vehicle
Takuma Sawaya, Nagoya (JP); Hironobu Yamamoto, Toyota (JP); Noriaki Ito, Toyota (JP); Hiroki Kawasaki, Toyota (JP); Hiroto Nakagawa, Nagoya (JP); and Satoru Ikeda, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO TEN Limited, Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,950.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-061807 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321684 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 1/026 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
a housing including a structure independent of a vehicle, and a connection part thereon;
a communication module provided in the housing and configured to perform wireless communication with a network outside a vehicle;
a first antenna including two physical antennas provided in the housing and connected to the communication module; and
an auxiliary battery provided in the housing and used in a case where power supply from the vehicle is interrupted, wherein
the wireless communication apparatus is mounted inside an instrument panel of the vehicle through the connection part of the housing,
the two physical antennas are disposed along a first direction at opposite ends within the housing, and
the auxiliary battery is disposed along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and between the two physical antennas.