ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,036, issued on May 12, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Antenna device with attachment member and attachment structure for antenna device" was invented by Toshiki Sayama (Tokyo), Hideaki Shoji (Tokyo) and Yusuke Kato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device with an attachment member includes an antenna including a radiation plate provided with radiation face that radiates vertically polarized waves, a housing portion that houses the antenna, an attachment member that attaches the housing portion to a vehicle, and a metal fixing portion that is formed in an elongated shape to one end of the attachment member, that abut...