Adjustable antenna mount with rotatable antenna brackets for PCS and other antennas

• US 20010015707A1
• Filed: 04/23/2001
• Published: 08/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xircom Wireless Incorporated (Intel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xircom Wireless Incorporated (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Oby, Lawrence R.
• Application Number:
  US09/841,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20010015707A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/890
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1228 on a boom
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/125 Means for positioning
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/04 for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation

Abstract

The present invention comprises an antenna mount including at least a first anchoring portion having an open region formed therethrough wherein the open region is sized to accommodate a mounting structure such as a pole, mast, or other such structure. The antenna mount may include a locking device configured to releasably secure the antenna mount about a mounting structure disposed within the open region of the first anchoring portion. The locking device may comprise a first locking structure adjustably coupled to the anchoring portion, the first locking structure adjustable from a first position peripherally located with respect to a centerline of the open region to a second position adjacent the periphery of the open region, the first locking structure configured to releasably engage a mounting structure accommodated within the open region when the first locking structure is at the second position. The antenna mount also includes an antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face and a second wall having a first face rotatably engaged to the first anchoring portion. An antenna mount as herein described thus provides an antenna mount suitable for installation on a variety of variously sized and configured mounting structures while allowing simple variable azimuth adjustment of patch or panel type antennas mounted to the antenna brackets.

Claims

1. An antenna mount comprising:

a first anchoring portion having an open region formed therethrough, the open region sized to accommodate a mounting structure;

an antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face and a second wall having an anchoring face rotatably engaged to the first anchoring portion; and

a locking device configured to releasably secure the antenna mount about the mounting structure disposed within the open region of the first anchoring portion.

6. The antenna mount of

claim 1

wherein the antenna bracket is rotatable at least 180°

.

8. The antenna mount of

claim 1

further comprising:

a second anchoring portion maintained in a spaced facing relationship relative to the first anchoring portion;

the second anchoring portion having an open region sized to accommodate a mounting structure forward therethrough; and

a second antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face and a second wall having a second face rotatably engaged to the second anchoring portion.

9. The antenna mount of

claim 1

further comprising a panel mounted to the antenna engaging face of the antenna bracket.

10. The antenna mount of

claim 8

further comprising an antenna mounted to the antenna engaging face of the first antenna bracket and the antenna engaging face of the second antenna bracket.

11. The antenna mount of

claim 1

further including at least one additional antenna bracket, the at least one additional antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face and a second wall having a first face rotatably engaged to the first anchoring portion.

15. The antenna mount of

claim 1

wherein the second wall of the antenna bracket includes a channel formed therethrough, the channel formed substantially parallel to the first wall, wherein a pin is engaged within the elongate slot and fixed to the first anchoring portion so that the first face is rotatably and slidably secured to the first anchoring portion.

2. The antenna mount of

claim 2

wherein the locking device is configured to adjust the open region from a first size to at least a second size.

3. The antenna mount of

claim 2

wherein the locking device comprises a first locking structure adjustably coupled to the anchoring portion, the first locking structure adjustable from a first position peripherally located with respect to a centerline of the open region to a second position located adjacent the periphery of the open region, the first locking structure configured to releasably engage a mounting structure accommodated within the open region when the first locking structure is at the second position.

4. The antenna mount of

claim 3

wherein the locking device includes a second locking structure adjustably coupled to the anchoring portion, the second locking structure adjustable from a third position peripherally located with respect to a centerline of the open region to a fourth position located adjacent the periphery of the open region, the second locking structure opposite the first locking structure relative to the open region, the second locking structure configured to releasably engage a mounting structure accommodated within the open region when the second locking structure is at the fourth position.

13. The antenna mount of

claim 2

wherein the locking device is configured to adjust the open region from a first size to at least a second size.

5. An antenna mount comprising:

a first anchoring portion having an open region formed therethrough, the open region sized to accommodate a mounting structure;

a second anchoring portion having an open region formed therethrough, the open region sized to accommodate a mounting structure, the second anchoring portion maintained in a spaced facing relationship relative to the first anchoring portion;

an antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face, a second wall having a first face rotatably engaged to the first anchoring portion, and a third wall having a second face rotatably engaged to the second anchoring portion; and

a locking device configured to releasably secure the antenna mount about the mounting structure disposed within the open region of the first anchoring portion.

7. The antenna mount of

claim 5

wherein the antenna bracket is rotatable at least 180°

.

12. The antenna mount of

claim 5

further including at least one additional antenna bracket, the at least one additional antenna bracket comprising a first wall having an antenna engaging face, a second wall having a first face rotatably engaged to the first anchoring portion, and a third wall having a second face rotatably engaged to the second anchoring portion.

14. The antenna mount of

claim 5

wherein the locking device comprises a first locking structure adjustably coupled to the anchoring portion, the first locking structure adjustable from a first position peripherally with respect to a centerline of the open region to a second position more proximate with respect to a centerline of the open region, the first locking structure configured to releasably engage a mounting structure accommodated within the open region when the first locking structure is at the second position.