ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,344, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DENSO TEN Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Slot antenna" was invented by Shota Ogawa (Kobe, Japan) and Toshihiro Shimizu (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a slot antenna including; a slot, that is an opening having a slit shape, formed at a plane metal sheet which is a part of a vehicle body; an electric power supply portion that is disposed at a vicinity of the slot, and that supplies electric power to the slot; and a cover that is provided to cover the opening or a slot antenna including; a cover that is provided to cover an opening provided at a metal sheet constitut...