ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,195, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hannover, Germany).
"Monopole antenna for a motor-vehicle wheel unit" was invented by Frederic Gaugain (Toulouse, France), Pascal Petitjean (Toulouse, France), Frederic Lathiere (Toulouse, France) and Clement Prince (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a monopole antenna (1) for a motor vehicle wheel unit, comprising a first end (10), a floating second end (20) and a body (30), the first end (10) extending in a first plane (P1) and comprising a power supply lug (110) and a support foot (120), the body (30) comprising a...