ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR A TAG READER
First Claim
1. An antenna assembly for receiving a data transmission from an electronic transmitting device mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one tire assembly including a tire, the antenna assembly comprising:
- a stand having a convex upper surface operative to intercept and engage the vehicle tire as the vehicle tire passes over the stand, whereby slowing the rotational rate of the vehicle tire to a targeted reduced rotational read rate as the tire passes over the convex upper surface;
at least one antenna proximally mounted with respect to the stand, the one antenna having a directionally aimed one antenna field operative to receive the data transmission from the electronic transmitting device as the vehicle tire passes over the stand upper surface at the reduced rotational read rate.
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Abstract
An antenna assembly includes a stand having a convex outer surface positioned to intercept and engage a vehicle tire as the vehicle tire passes over the convex stand surface. The height and contour of the convex stand surface slows the rotational rate of the vehicle tire, and thereby a transmitting device carried by the tire, to a preferred rotational read rate as the vehicle tire passes over the convex surface. One or more antenna members mount to the stand proximal to the convex surface, each antenna having a directionally aimed tilted antenna field positioned to continuously receive data transmission from the electronic transmitting device as the vehicle tire passes over the convex stand surface at the reduced rotational read rate.
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1. An antenna assembly for receiving a data transmission from an electronic transmitting device mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one tire assembly including a tire, the antenna assembly comprising:
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a stand having a convex upper surface operative to intercept and engage the vehicle tire as the vehicle tire passes over the stand, whereby slowing the rotational rate of the vehicle tire to a targeted reduced rotational read rate as the tire passes over the convex upper surface; at least one antenna proximally mounted with respect to the stand, the one antenna having a directionally aimed one antenna field operative to receive the data transmission from the electronic transmitting device as the vehicle tire passes over the stand upper surface at the reduced rotational read rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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