US Patent 7091912 Vehicular antenna with improved screening

vehicle antenna (1) comprising a satellite signal amplifier and/or receiver circuit (2) assembled on a board (6), an antenna base (3) for support of said board (6), applicable to the structure of a vehicle (A), connection means (7) to mechanically fix said board (6) to said antenna base (3), a coaxial cable (8) that connects the satellite signal amplifier and/or receiver circuit (2) to a receiving apparatus installed in the vehicle (A). Between the antenna base (3) and the board (6) electro-conductive elastic means (13) are interposed to achieve electricity continuity between the antenna base (3) and the metallic braiding (8b) of the coaxial cable (8) when the connection means (7) fix the board (6) to the antenna base (3).