Antenna device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10347980-B2
Application number	US-201615374849-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 22, 2015
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes an antenna part, a motor and a case. The antenna part has a transmission antenna configured to transmit a radio wave and a reception antenna disposed on one of an upper side and a lower side of the transmission antenna and configured to receive a radio wave. The motor rotates the antenna part. The case covers the antenna part. The case has a side wall. The side wall has two inclined portions inclined at different inclination angles with respect to a rotational axis of the antenna part. A boundary between the two inclined portions is located higher than half of a height of the case.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna device, comprising:
an antenna part having a transmission antenna configured to transmit a radio wave and a reception antenna disposed on one of an upper side and a lower side of the transmission antenna and configured to receive a radio wave;
a motor configured to rotate the antenna part; and
a case covering the antenna part, the case having a side wall, the side wall having a first inclined portion and a second inclined portion inclined at different inclination angles with respect to a rotational axis of the antenna part, a boundary between the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion being located higher than half of a height of the case, wherein
the transmission antenna is configured to transmit the radio wave via the side wall,
the reception antenna is configured to receive the radio wave via the side wall,
each of the transmission and reception antennas has a horn, and
the boundary is located higher than a lower end of a first horn located lower than a second horn.

2. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle is larger for the first inclined portion disposed at a higher position among the two inclined portions than for the second inclined portion disposed at a lower position thereamong.

3. The antenna device of claim 2 , wherein the inclination angle of the first inclined portion is 20° or above.

4. The antenna device of claim 2 , wherein the boundary is at a same height over the entire circumference of the case.

5. The antenna device of claim 2 , wherein
the boundary is located lower than an upper end of the second horn.

6. The antenna device of claim 2 , wherein the boundary is located at substantially three-fourths of the height of the case.

7. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the inclination angle of the first inclined portion is 20° or above.

8. The antenna device of claim 7 , wherein the inclination angle of the first inclined portion is approximately 25°, and the inclination angle of the second inclined portion is approximately 10°.

9. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the boundary is at a same height over the entire circumference of the case.

10. The antenna device of claim 9 , wherein
the boundary is located lower than an upper end of the second horn.

11. The antenna device of claim 9 , wherein the boundary is located at substantially three-fourths of the height of the case.

12. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the boundary is located at substantially three-fourths of the height of the case.

13. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein
the boundary is located lower than an upper end of the second horn.

14. The antenna device of claim 13 , wherein the boundary is located at substantially three-fourths of the height of the case.

15. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna part transmits and receives an FMCW.

16. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna part is a patch antenna.

Assignees

• Furuno Electric Co

Inventors

• Miyagawa Tetsuya

Classifications

• H01Q21/08

  the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path {(waveguide fed H01Q21/0037)} · CPC title

• H01Q21/065

  Patch antenna array · CPC title

• H01Q13/02

  Waveguide horns · CPC title

• H01Q1/525

  between emitting and receiving antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/52 Primary

  Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure (absorbing means H01Q17/00) · CPC title