US 12,463,344 B2
Slot antenna
Shota Ogawa, Kobe (JP); and Toshihiro Shimizu, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to DENSO TEN Limited, Kobe (JP)
Filed by DENSO TEN Limited, Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,217.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-158175 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0113440 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 13/10 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slot antenna comprising:
a slot, which is an opening having a slit shape, formed at a plane metal sheet that is a part of a vehicle body;
an electric power supply portion (i) that is disposed at a recess portion of the metal sheet, which is recessed toward a vehicle interior side of the vehicle, and (ii) that supplies electric power to the slot; and
a cover that is provided to cover the opening and to close the recess portion, wherein
the opening is provided at a bottom surface of the recess portion.