ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,064, issued on March 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Antenna device with a magnetic body" was invented by Taiki Kusukame (Tomioka, Japan), Takeshi Sampo (Tomioka, Japan), Takayuki Sone (Tomioka, Japan) and Masaki Tsukamoto (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device mounted on a base plate includes an antenna element. The antenna device further includes a base composed of metal, the base being mounted on the antenna device with the antenna element. The antenna device further includes a magnetic body configured to be disposed between the base and the base plate."
The patent was filed on Ma...