Easily maintainable on-vehicle electronic device

Abstract

An on-vehicle electronic device (1) is for amplifying an external signal received by an antenna radiating conductor (21) patterned on a glass surface (20) of a vehicle window, and for sending the amplified signal to a receiver circuit. The on-vehicle electronic device (1) mainly includes an attachment base (2) including terminal members (9) and (10), a circuit board (3) provided with an antenna circuit including a preamplifier circuit, attachment screws (4) and (5) for attachably and detachably fixing the circuit board (3) to the attachment base (2), a shield case (6) for covering the preamplifier circuit, and a radome (7) for covering the entire device. The terminal members (9) and (10) are solder-joined to feed portions (21a) and (21b) of the antenna radiating conductor (21). The lower surface of the circuit board (3) is provided with a feeding electrode (11) and an earth electrode (12), which are pressure-contacted with the terminal members (9) and (10), respectively, through fastening of the attachment screws (4) and (5).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an external view of an on-vehicle electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the on-vehicle electronic device;

FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating a connection structure of the on-vehicle electronic device and an antenna radiating conductor;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along the IV-IV line shown in FIG. 3; and

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view corresponding to FIG. 3.

Claims

1. An on-vehicle electronic device comprising: a circuit board including an antenna circuit, and a feeding electrode and an earth electrode drawn from the antenna circuit;an attachment base including a pair of terminal members held by an insulative member, and fixed to a glass surface of a vehicle window; anda plurality of attachment screws for attachably and detachably fixing the circuit board to the attachment base,wherein the circuit board is fixed to the attachment base, with the pair of the terminal members connected to a pair of feed portions of an antenna radiating conductor fixedly provided to the glass surface, and with the feeding electrode pressure-contacted with one of the two terminal members and the earth electrode pressure-contacted with the other one of the two terminal members.

2. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board is formed with the feeding electrode and the earth electrode on a surface thereof, and includes a pair of through holes, which face the vicinities of the feeding electrode and the earth electrode, respectively, and through which the attachment screws are inserted, and wherein each of the terminal members includes a board mounting portion pressure-contacted with either one of the feeding electrode and the earth electrode and formed with a screw hole into which the corresponding attachment screw is screwed.

3. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 2, wherein each of the terminal members is formed by a metal plate, which is bent between the board mounting portion and a fixed portion connected to the corresponding feed portion, and wherein a part of the metal plate is buried in the insulative member through insert molding.

4. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna circuit includes a preamplifier circuit.

5. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising: a shield case formed by a metal plate and attached to the circuit board to cover the preamplifier circuit,wherein one end of a coaxial cable held by the shield case is connected to a wiring pattern of the circuit board to establish conduction between the preamplifier circuit and an external circuit.

6. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 5, further comprising: a radome formed of a synthetic resin and attached to the attachment base to cover the circuit board and the shield case.