US 12,110,095 B2
Aerial device for a vehicle and vehicle with an aerial device
Volker Ziegler, Taufkirchen (DE); and Wolfgang Winkler, Taufkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed by Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,994.
Application 17/706,994 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/078759, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 215 718.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219801 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); B64C 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 15/08 (2006.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/36 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/282 (2013.01); H01Q 15/08 (2013.01); H01Q 19/06 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerial device for a vehicle or an aircraft, the aerial device comprising: an aerial arrangement; and a lens which comprises: a first lens region that covers the aerial arrangement and comprises a first material, the first material having a first dielectric constant; and a second lens region that covers the first lens region and comprises a second material, the second material having a second dielectric constant; wherein the second dielectric constant is lower than the first dielectric constant; wherein the second lens region extends in a shape of an arc in a longitudinal direction and in relation to a height direction directed transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction; wherein the first lens region is configured to focus electromagnetic radiation emitted from the aerial arrangement; wherein the first dielectric constant is in a range of between 9 and 12; and wherein the second dielectric constant is in a range of between 2.1 and 3.