Radome end cap with bulk head mount connector

• US 10,396,448 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schmutzler, Steven Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancuso, Huedung X
• Application Number:
  US15/752,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20190013575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 343872
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome

Abstract

An apparatus includes an end cap capable of supporting numerous antenna configurations and securing connectors without the use of additional hardware. An end cap assembly for connecting a cable to the end cap comprises the end cap including one or more flanges, wherein each of the one or more flanges includes a plurality of edges defining a cavity, the plurality of edges being configured to mate with a portion of a connector, and a flange nut including a first plurality of serrations configured to mate with a second plurality of serrations on an outside of the end cap, wherein the flange nut and the flange are formed so as to allow for attachment of the cable to the end cap.

Claims

1. An end cap assembly for connecting a cable to an end cap, comprising:

an end cap including one or more flanges, each of the one of more flanges include a plurality of edges defining a cavity, the plurality of edges being configured to mate with a portion of a connector;

a flange nut including a first plurality of serrations configured to mate with a second plurality of serrations on an outside of the end cap;

wherein the flange nut and the flange are formed so as to allow for attachment of the cable to the end cap.

2. The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising a connector mounted in the cavity.

3. The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of edges defines a 12-point ring.

4. The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of edges defines a 72 point ring.

5. The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising an indexing ring that mates with the flange.

6. The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein one or more flanges is a plurality of flanges.

7. An end cap assembly for connecting a cable to an end cap, comprising:

an end cap including one or more generally circular flanges surrounding a hole, each of the one of more flanges include a plurality of edges defining a cavity, the plurality of edges being configured to mate with a portion of a connector;

a flange nut including a first plurality of serrations configured to mate with a second plurality of serrations on an outside of the end cap;

wherein the flange nut, the hole and the flange are formed so as to allow for insertion and capture of a connector in the end cap.

8. The assembly defined in claim 7, further comprising a connector mounted in the cavity.

9. The assembly defined in claim 7, wherein the plurality of edges defines a 12-point ring.

10. The assembly defined in claim 7, wherein the plurality of edges defines a 72 point ring.

11. The assembly defined in claim 7, further comprising an indexing ring that mates with the flange.

12. The assembly defined in claim 7, wherein one or more flanges is a plurality of flanges.