Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Combined with diverse-type art device
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-12
2001-07-17
Wong, Don (Department: 2821)
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Combined with diverse-type art device
C343S703000, C343S894000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06262686
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an antenna intended for a radio communication transmitter and/or receiver, which antenna has the appearance of a rod and comprises a light source, a light path and a light diffusing part.
2. Description of the Related Art
The invention also relates to a radio communication transmitter and/or receiver intended to be equipped with an antenna.
An antenna as defined in the opening paragraph above is known from document EP 98 200 315.4. According to this document, an antenna in the form of a rod has a light source and comprises a light path and a light diffusing part, while the light source is situated outside the antenna.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to facilitate the mounting of the antenna, notably when the latter is sold as an accessory to be mounted by the user.
For this purpose, the light source is a light-emitting diode encapsulated in a housing and having connections, this housing being attached to the antenna facing the light path, and the connections of the diode being arranged such as to enable an electrical contact with electrical conductors of the receiver when the antenna is put in place in the receiver.
A radio communication transmitter and/or receiver according to the invention comprises, on the one hand, signal contacts intended to be put into contact with receiving elements for receiving signals from the antenna and, on the other hand, lighting contacts intended to be put into contact with the contacts of the light emitting diode when the antenna is put in place in the receiver.
An apparatus equipped with an ordinary non-luminescent antenna may thus have contacts for a luminescent antenna at marginal cost, which enable installation of such an antenna as an option and by the user himself.
These and other aspects are apparent from and will be elucidated, by way of non-limitative example, with reference to the embodiment(s) described hereinafter.
In the drawings:
REFERENCES:
patent: 2473981 (1949-06-01), Wood
patent: 5917453 (1999-06-01), Uchino et al.
patent: 5969694 (1999-10-01), Harada et al.
patent: 0865098A1 (1998-09-01), None
Delarminat Alain
Mozer Laurent
Chen Shih-Choo
Slobod Jack D.
U.S. Philips Corporation
Wong Don
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