IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,043
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,043 · App. 16/634,521 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Passive entry passive start antenna

Inventor: Rafal Szczotka (Solothurn, CH)
Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
H01Q1/3241H01Q7/08H01Q1/3283
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Patent No.
US 11,509,043
App. No.
16/634,521
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A passive entry passive start (PEPS) antenna is disclosed. In an embodiment an antenna includes an interface head component and a bobbin component comprising a ferrite core and a wire wound around the ferrite core, the wire being covered by an insulation, wherein the bobbin component and the interface head component are connectable to each other electrically and mechanically, and wherein the antenna is a PEPS antenna.

Claims (45)

1. An antenna comprising:

an interface head component; and

a bobbin component comprising a ferrite core and a wire wound around the ferrite core, the wire being covered by an insulation,

wherein the bobbin component and the interface head component are connectable to each other electrically and mechanically,

wherein a connection of the bobbin component and the interface head component is releasable,

wherein the interface head component comprises electronic components configured to apply a signal to the wire,

wherein the antenna is a passive entry passive start (PEPS) antenna,

wherein the interface head component comprises an integral interface configured to be mechanically fixed to a corresponding mechanical interface of a PEPS system of a vehicle, and

wherein a direction of the connection of the bobbin component and the interface head component is perpendicular to a direction of the connection of the interface head component to the mechanical interface of the PEPS system.

2. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation comprises a plastic material.

3. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the plastic material of the insulation comprises at least one of a fluorinated ethylene propylene, an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene or a thermoplastic elastomers.

4. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the bobbin component comprising the wire covered by the insulation is exposed to an environment of the antenna.

5. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the bobbin component is neither encapsulated by a potting material nor by a housing.

6. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation of the wire is sufficiently thick to provide a protection of the wire against environmental impacts.

7. The antenna according to claim 1 ,

wherein the antenna comprises passive electronic components,

wherein the interface head component comprises an IP68 protected room, and

wherein the passive electronic components are arranged inside the IP68 protected room.

8. The antenna according to claim 1 ,

wherein the interface head component comprises a first mechanical and electrical interface, and

wherein the bobbin component comprises a second mechanical and electrical interface which is connected to the first mechanical and electrical interface of the interface head component.

9. The antenna according to claim 8 , wherein one of the first mechanical and electrical interface or the second mechanical and electrical interface is a plug and the other of the first mechanical and electrical interface or the second mechanical and electrical interface is a socket corresponding to the plug.

10. The antenna according to claim 8 ,

wherein the wire comprises two ends, and

wherein the ends of the wire are arranged at the second mechanical and electrical interface and are connected to the first mechanical and electrical interface when the bobbin component and the interface head component are connected to each other.

11. The antenna according to the claim 1 ,

wherein the integral interface comprises a mechanical interface,

wherein the mechanical interface comprises an opening, and/or

wherein the mechanical interface comprises a clipping mechanism for a connector of the PEPS.

12. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the wire has a diameter in a range of 0.079 mm to 0.5 mm.

13. A system comprising:

a first bobbin component comprising a first ferrite core and a first wire wound around the first ferrite core, the first wire being covered by a first insulation;

a second bobbin component comprising a second ferrite core and a second wire wound around the second ferrite core, the second wire being covered by a second insulation;

a first interface head component comprising first electronic components configured to apply a first signal to the first wire or the second wire; and

a second interface head component comprising second electronic components configured to apply a second signal to the first wire or the second wire,

wherein each of the first bobbin component and the second bobbin component is connectable mechanically and electrically to each of the first interface head component and the second interface head component,

wherein a connection of the first bobbin component or the second bobbin component and the first interface head component or the second interface head component is releasable,

wherein an antenna is formed by connecting one of the first interface head component or the second interface head component mechanically and electrically with one of first bobbin component or the second bobbin component,

wherein the antenna is a passive entry passive start (PEPS) antenna,

wherein each of the first and second interface head components comprises an integral interface configured to be mechanically fixed to a corresponding mechanical interface of a PEPS system of a vehicle, and

wherein directions of the connections of the first and second bobbin components and the first and second interface head components are perpendicular to directions of the connections of the first and second interface head components to the mechanical interfaces of the PEPS system.

14. An arrangement comprising:

the antenna according to claim 1 ; and

the PEPS system of the vehicle,

wherein the PEPS system of the vehicle comprises an electronic system comprising a terminal configured to be electronically connected to a terminal of the antenna.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: SZCZOTKA, RAFAL
To: EPCOS SCHWEIZ GMBH
Reel/Frame 056338/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: EPCOS SCHWEIZ GMBH
To: EPCOS ELEKTRONIKAI ALKATRÉSZ KFT.
Reel/Frame 056338/0831 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: EPCOS ELEKTRONIKAI ALKATRÉSZ KFT.
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 056338/0937 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2021
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 056361/0208 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102017117159.2 · Jul 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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