ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,347, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle antenna device" was invented by Hideaki Shoji (Tokyo), Kiyoshi Nobuoka (Tokyo), Shoichi Takeuchi (Tokyo), Toshiki Sayama (Tokyo) and Yusuke Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle antenna includes: a vehicle window glass an electronic device provided in a vicinity of a vehicle width direction central portion at or near upper portion of the vehicle window glass; and an antenna attached to the upper portion of the vehicle window glass such that a normal to a radiation surface passes through a principal surface. A vehicle width direction central position of th...