IP Library › Granted Patent US 12665292
Granted Patent B2
US 12665292 · App. 18/636,442 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Antenna device

Inventors: Shingo Yamaura (Tokyo, JP); Saki Wada (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Nishimoto (Tokyo, JP); Toru Fukasawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01Q1/52H01Q1/50H01Q7/00H01Q1/1285
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12665292
App. No.
18/636,442
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antenna device includes; a metal housing in which at least one surface thereof is open; a display unit provided inside the metal housing and configured to perform a display from the one surface of the metal housing toward outside; a first transparent conductor plate present in the display unit; a second transparent conductor plate provided to be spaced apart from the first transparent conductor plate in an outside or inside direction, the second transparent conductor plate to define a gap between the second transparent conductor plate and the metal housing; and a feed unit provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate.

Claims (31)

1 . An antenna device comprising:

a metal housing in which at least one surface thereof is open;

a display circuit provided inside the metal housing and configured to perform a display from the one surface of the metal housing toward outside;

a first transparent conductor plate present in the display circuit, the first transparent conductor plate to define a first gap between the first transparent conductor plate and the metal housing;

a second transparent conductor plate provided to be spaced apart from the first transparent conductor plate in an outside or inside direction, the second transparent conductor plate to define a second gap between the second transparent conductor plate and the metal housing; and

a feeder provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate,

wherein when a length of the first gap is different from a length of the second gap, a ratio of an area of the second transparent conductor plate with respect to an area of the first transparent conductor plate is 0.6 or more and 1.1 or less.

2 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first transparent conductor plate and the second transparent conductor plate have a same shape.

3 . The antenna device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first transparent conductor plate and the second transparent conductor plate have a same dimension.

4 . The antenna device according to claim 2 , wherein

the same shape is any of a trapezoid, a rectangle, an ellipse, and a circle.

5 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising an adjustment transparent conductor-plate provided between the feeder and the second transparent conductor plate to adjust an impedance of the second transparent conductor plate.

6 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second feeder provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate; and

a decoupling circuit provided between a first feeder that is the feeder, and the second feeder.

7 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second feeder provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate, wherein

a first current supplied from a first feeder that is the feeder and a second current supplied from the second feeder flow orthogonally to each other.

8 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one short-circuit provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate.

9 . The antenna device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a second feeder provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate; and

a first short-circuit and a second short-circuit provided between the metal housing and the second transparent conductor plate, wherein

the gap is divided into a first slot and a second slot, a length of the first slot in which the first short-circuit and the second short-circuit are present at end points and a first feeder that is the feeder is present at an inner point is different from a length of the second slot in which the first short-circuit and the second short-circuit are present at end points and the second feeder is present at an inner point.

10 . The antenna device according to claim 8 , further comprising a connection circuit to connect the metal housing and the first transparent conductor plate to each other, wherein

in plan view of the connection circuit from the outside, the at least one short-circuit is provided in such a manner that positions of the at least one short-circuit and the feeder do not overlap a position of the connection circuit.

11 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal bezel provided at a position spaced apart from the second transparent conductor plate in the outside direction, wherein

in plan view of the second transparent conductor plate from the outside, at least a part of the second transparent conductor plate is not located outside an opening defined by the metal bezel.

12 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit board to connect the second transparent conductor plate and the feeder to each other, the flexible printed circuit board being bonded to the second transparent conductor plate.

13 . The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal housing includes at least one of a side surface or a bottom surface.