ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,695, issued on May 5, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Vehicle mounted antenna" was invented by Suguru Sekita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Mitsunori Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle mounted antenna is inside a cockpit module. The vehicle mounted antenna is positioned above a duct in the cockpit module at least a certain distance from an on-board device that is a source of noise and that is positioned below the duct. The duct is installed via a metal bracket that has a higher heat conductivity than the vehicle mounted antenna."
The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2021, under Application N...