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WO1993026013A1
WO1993026013A1 PCT/AU1993/000282 AU9300282W WO9326013A1 WO 1993026013 A1 WO1993026013 A1 WO 1993026013A1 AU 9300282 W AU9300282 W AU 9300282W WO 9326013 A1 WO9326013 A1 WO 9326013A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/08—Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof
    • H01Q1/10—Telescopic elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B1/00—Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors
    • H01B1/20—Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material
    • H01B1/24—Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material the conductive material comprising carbon-silicon compounds, carbon or silicon

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  • This invention relates to flexible, telescopic antennas.
  • Antennas can take many forms depending upon t-heir practical application and the wavelength(s) at which they are to operate. Two of the most useful general purpose types are the end-fed, multi-band antenna (or long wire type) and the vertical antenna. A common feature of antenna systems has been the use of conductive metals to form the receiving and/or transmitting element(s). For example, vehicle antennas may be made from phosphorus bronze or stainless steel.
  • Vehicle antennas of the rod type are commonly made from telescopic hollow metal tubes. Such antennas are usually made so that there is a degree of "slop" between the tubular components to allow for distortion of the antenna during use, so that they may still be raised and lowered. Raising and lowering may be either manual or by means of an electric motor.
  • Telescopic antennas for vehicles suffer from a number of disadvantages including ease of permanent bending out of shape and breaking or they may distort so that they no longer act telescopically. It is an object of the present invention to overcome or alleviate the disadvantages mentioned above.
  • the invention seeks to provide an antenna which combines the ease of storage of a telescopic antenna with the flexibility and resistance to breakage of a whip antenna.
  • this invention provides a flexible, telescopic antenna having a plurality of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element comprises a principal structural component based on a polymeric material, the polymeric material being associated with or impregnated with conductive material in the form of fibres and particles to form
  • each antenna element being so constructed that the fibres and/or the particles provide the desired degree of surface resistivity to the antenna element
  • Figure 1 (a) is a longitudinal cross-section of a five-element telescopic antenna
  • Figures 1(b) to 1(e) are cross sections of first (lowermost) to fourth elements respectively of the antenna.
  • Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-section of the fifth(topmost) element.
  • conductive particles and fibres are carbon of high electrical conductivity.
  • graphite fibres by pyrolysis, at 1500° C or above, of oriented organic polymer fibres, for example, those of polyacrylonitrile, polyacrylate esters, such as rayon, or cellulose. Such fibres can also be made from petroleum pitch. These fibres, when incorporated into structural components, impart high strength to the components.
  • the various forms of graphite fibre have differing properties, for example, they may have an amorphous structure or polycrystalline structure. A suitable size range for such fibres is from 0.2mm to 13mm in length. Some forms of graphite may have a higher electrical conductivity than others and it is with these that we are principally concerned.
  • the resistivity (the inverse of conductivity) of certain commercially available carbon fibres may vary, for example, from 18.0 ⁇ ohm/m to 2.2 ⁇ ohm/m or lower.
  • the fibres may be single fibres with lengths as suggested above but, in another embodiment, may be in the form of longer fibres either as separate fibres or in the form of rovings.
  • carbon particles as the conductive particles.
  • the carbon particles may be made by any suitable means such as those mentioned above, for example, pyrolysis of carbon materials such as petroleum pitch.
  • the particles may be ground to any desired size by any suitable means and, as in the case of the fibres, are preferably chosen to have as high electrical conductivity as possible.
  • the carbon particles tend to enhance the surface resistivity of the component of which they form a part and thereby improve the electrical contact between each of the elements of, for example, a telescopic antenna.
  • the carbon fibres chosen may be used to form rods or tubes by mixing the carbon fibres with, for example, epoxide or polyester resins. Fillers of various types may be added to the composition to improve such properties as tensile strength, scratchability etc.
  • the rods may be used to make whip antennae and the tubes to make telescopic antennae. In the present invention, the rods may be used as part of the telescopic antenna.
  • the construction of the rods or tubes may be altered by the addition of reinforcing fibres such as fibreglass and Kevlar.
  • the fibreglass may be added in the form of short fibres to the carbon fibre matrix or it may be wrapped around or within a carbon fibre tube together with the application of a suitable resin.
  • parts of the telescopic tube antenna according to the invention may be replaced by metal components, of suitable conductivity, for example, to connect pans of the antenna or to act as a loading coil, as in a whip antenna comprising carbon fibres and particles.
  • the outside of the antenna may also be chromed or coloured.
  • the additional reinforcing material may itself be conductive, for example, metal fibres may be used such as stainless steel fibres.
  • metal fibres may be used such as stainless steel fibres.
  • An example of a suitable metal fibre is BEKI-SHIELD stainless steel fibre.
  • BEKI-SHIELD fibres of approximately 8 microns diameter may be used in rovings containing about 1,000 fibres.
  • SUBSTITUTE SHEET It has been found that current flow may be concentrated at or near the surface of a conductor.
  • the conductive particles and/or fibres are desirably in such concentrations in the matrix that they either touch or are adjacent to each other so that current flow may occur either directly or by electrons "tunnelling" through the polymeric material.
  • the polymeric material which forms the resin is any suitable resin, for example, polyesters or vinylesters such as those used to form polyester tubes and rods.
  • a suitable polymeric material for use as a matrix is known as LURAN S made by BASF (an acrylonitrile/styrene/acrylate polymer also known as ASA) blended with a thermoplastic polyester such as polyethylene) orpoly(butylene) terephthalate.
  • a telescopic tube antenna according to the invention may be made to close tolerances, avoiding problems caused by "slop" and reducing ingress of dirt and water. Such dirt and water ingress can cause damage to conventional antennas.
  • the electric motor of a self-extending antenna may be replaced by a pressure/vacuum connection to the engine so that the degree of extension of the antenna can be controlled without j ieed for an electric motor.
  • antennas according to the invention are lighter, and more flexible than conventional antennas and do not corrode.
  • antennas according to the invention may be increased in length as compared with conventional metal antennas increasing their operational flexibility. As well as being applicable to use in vehicles, they may also be used for portable radios and televisions.
  • the antenna elements are generally tubular except that the upper (inner) element may alternatively be a rod.
  • the cross-section of the tube or rod is preferably substantially round, but may be of any other suitable shape. Additional reinforcing materials may be used ranging from boron fibres to
  • Kevlar and this reinforcing material may be oriented with respect to the polymeric matrix.
  • the reinforcing material may also be applied to the outside of the polymeric matrix, for example, in the form of tape which is bonded to the polymeric matrix.
  • a suitable way to introduce the conductive material either into the polymeric matrix itself or onto its surface is to use the technique of pultrusion or pull- winding.
  • the pultrusion technique has advantages when fabricating tubular elements, in that it provides good hoop strength and a smooth internal and external finish, other fabrication techniques can be used.
  • the tubular elements may be made by the use of injection moulding and/or extrusion.
  • ULTRABLEND in this case ASA plus poly(butylene terephthalate)
  • 20% by weight of carbon fibres and 4% by weight of carbon particles was prepared using extrusion compounding.
  • a metal bush or bushes may be inserted into one or each tubular element of an antenna according to the invention to improve hoop strength. Furthermore, a metal bush located at an end of such an element may help to capture a neighbouring element
  • Integer 1 indicates generally a telescopic antenna according to the invention.
  • Integer 2 indicates an end rod of solid carbon fibre; integer 3 indicates a narrow bore carbon fibre tubular element; and integers 4, 5 and 6 carbon fibre tubular elements of successively wider diameters.
  • Integer 7 indicates an end knob on a first end of end rod 2, preferably formed from carbon fibre.
  • Integer 8 is a second end portion of rod 2 and integer 9 an outwardly directed metal bush around second end 8, which works in combination with inwardly directed bush 9A near a first end of tubular element 3, thus preventing rod 2 from withdrawal from tubular element 3.
  • an outwardly diverted, spring-loaded flange means 10 near a second end of tubular element 3, works in combination with an inwardly directed bush 10A near a first end of tubular element 4.
  • flange means 11, bush 11 A, flange means 12 and bush 12A function in an analogous way in relation to the respective remaining tubular elements, providing capturing of the. respective elements 4 and 5 to allow telescoping functioning of the antenna.
  • wider bore spring- loaded flange means 13 provides electrical and/or mechanical connection of the antenna to the body
  • Integer 14 indicates one end of a geared nylon, push/pull drive, which is the mechanism chosen in this case to extend or retract the telescopic antenna according to the invention.
  • a series of contacts ⁇ not shown) may also be associated with each spring-loaded flange means, providing electrical contact between the various elements of the antenna, each contact connecting the inside of neighbouring elements.

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Abstract

Une antenne (1) télescopique flexible, ayant plusieurs éléments d'antenne (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), comprend un composant structurel de base constitué d'un matériau polymère, celui-ci étant associé ou imprégné avec un matériau conducteur sous forme de fibres et/ou de particules formant une matrice; chaque élément d'antenne est construit de telle sorte que les fibres et/ou les particules apportent le niveau nécessaire de résistivité superficielle à l'élément d'antenne.
PCT/AU1993/000282 1992-06-15 1993-06-15 Antenne telescopique Ceased WO1993026013A1 (fr)

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AU42971/93A AU676838B2 (en) 1992-06-15 1993-06-15 Telescopic antenna
EP93912432A EP0646274A4 (fr) 1992-06-15 1993-06-15 Antenne telescopique.
JP6500963A JPH07509818A (ja) 1992-06-15 1993-06-15 伸縮式アンテナ

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AUPL2928 1992-06-15
AUPL292892 1992-06-15
AUPL881993 1993-05-14
AUPL8819 1993-05-14

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WO1998008267A1 (fr) * 1996-08-21 1998-02-26 Ericsson Inc. Antenne telescopique flexible et procede de fabrication de ladite antenne
WO2004073106A3 (fr) * 2003-02-12 2004-09-23 Du Pont Compositions thermoplastiques conductrices et antennes les contenant
GB2529689A (en) * 2014-08-29 2016-03-02 Secr Defence Radio with a deployable antenna
US10476142B2 (en) 2016-12-21 2019-11-12 Cts Corporation Radio frequency antenna with granular or powder insulating material and method of making the same
EP3700012A4 (fr) * 2017-10-18 2022-01-12 NTN Corporation Couvercle et dispositif d'antenne de type à ailette montée sur véhicule

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GB2228613A (en) * 1988-12-16 1990-08-29 Kitagawa Ind Co Ltd Flat electric cable
WO1991003847A1 (fr) * 1989-08-29 1991-03-21 Hughes Aircraft Company Structures composites en graphite a conductivite electrique
FR2660116A1 (fr) * 1990-03-26 1991-09-27 Facon Antenne de reception des ondes radio-electriques.

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WO1998008267A1 (fr) * 1996-08-21 1998-02-26 Ericsson Inc. Antenne telescopique flexible et procede de fabrication de ladite antenne
US5900846A (en) * 1996-08-21 1999-05-04 Ericsson, Inc. Flexible telescoping antenna and method of constructing the same
WO2004073106A3 (fr) * 2003-02-12 2004-09-23 Du Pont Compositions thermoplastiques conductrices et antennes les contenant
US6953619B2 (en) 2003-02-12 2005-10-11 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Conductive thermoplastic compositions and antennas thereof
GB2529689A (en) * 2014-08-29 2016-03-02 Secr Defence Radio with a deployable antenna
GB2529689B (en) * 2014-08-29 2018-11-14 Secr Defence Radio with a deployable antenna
US10476142B2 (en) 2016-12-21 2019-11-12 Cts Corporation Radio frequency antenna with granular or powder insulating material and method of making the same
EP3700012A4 (fr) * 2017-10-18 2022-01-12 NTN Corporation Couvercle et dispositif d'antenne de type à ailette montée sur véhicule

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CN1083976A (zh) 1994-03-16
EP0646274A4 (fr) 1997-04-02

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