ADJUSTABLE-TILT HOUSING WITH FLATTENED DOME SHAPE, ARRAY ANTENNA, AND BRACKET MOUNT

• US 20140225802A1
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gerardo Huerta, Hsin-Ming Chen, Jude Lee, Robert Pera
• Inventors: HUERTA, Gerardo, LEE, Jude, CHEN, Hsin-Ming, PERA, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,531,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/872
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/125 Means for positioning
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2291 used in bluetooth or WI-FI devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN] H01Q1/241 takes precedence; WLAN in general H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/428 Collapsible radomes; rotatable, tiltable radomes
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/0087 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays manufacturing waveguides H01P11/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/065 Patch antenna array
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/08 for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/50 Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0428 radiating a circular polarised wave
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/045 with particular feeding means for circular polarisation H01Q9/0428
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49018 with other electrical component

Abstract

Radio devices for wireless transmission including an integrated adjustable mount allowing mounting to a pole or stand and adjustment of the angle of the device (e.g., the altitude). The device may include a compact array antenna having a high gain configured to operate in, for example, the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz band and/or the 2.40-2.48 GHz band. The antenna emitters may be arranged in a separate plane from a plane containing the antenna feed connecting the emitting elements and also from a ground plane. The antenna array may be contained within a protective weatherproof housing along with the radio control circuitry.

Claims

1. A radio and antenna device for providing wireless broadband access, the device comprising:

a disc-shaped housing having a flattened, dome-shaped front region and a back region having an integrated bracket mount;

a plurality of antenna emitters held within the housing and arranged as an array antenna; and

a bracket configured to support the device, the bracket further configured to engage with the bracket mount, where the bracket and bracket mount may be adjusted to form a plurality of selectable positions securing the housing at different tilt angles relative to the bracket.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a ball socket and threaded clamp

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a bubble level integrated onto the housing.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket mount comprises a deformable locking projection.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a lock configured to secure the bracket to the housing.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises an arm and a ball joint at an end of the arm.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising optical indicators within the housing that are visible through a wall of the housing.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a region of a wall of the housing that is thinner than other regions of the wall, through which a plurality of lights within the housing may be visible.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the disc-shaped housing forms a waterproof enclosure around the plurality of antenna emitters.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of antenna emitters comprises at least four patch antennas, arranged across a surface within the housing as an array antenna.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of antenna emitters comprises at least nine patch antennas arranged across a surface within the housing as an array antenna.

12. The device of claim 1, further comprising a power over Ethernet (PoE) port through the housing and configured to receive a PoE cable.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a concave pole mount region configured to be connected at least partially around a pole.

14. The device of claim 1, further comprising a controller connected to the antenna emitters and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals from the antenna.

15. The device of claim 1, further comprising a controller connected to the antenna emitters and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol.

16. A radio and antenna device for providing wireless broadband access, the device comprising:

a disc-shaped housing comprising a rear region having an integrated bracket mount and a front region configured as a dome, wherein the bracket mount comprises a ball socket;

a bubble level integrated onto the housing;

a plurality of antennas emitters held within the housing arranged as an array antenna;

control circuitry connected to the array antenna and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using the array antenna; and

a bracket comprising an arm having a ball joint at an end of the arm, the bracket configured support the device, wherein the bracket and bracket mount cooperate to provide a plurality of selectable tilt positions of the housing relative to the bracket.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the control circuit is configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol.

18. The device of claim 16, further comprising optical indicators within the housing that are visible through a wall of the housing.

19. The device of claim 16, further comprising a region of a wall of the housing that is thinner than other regions of the wall, through which a plurality of lights within the housing are visible.

20. The device of claim 16, wherein the housing is configured for outdoor use and is water resistant.

21. A radio and antenna device for providing wireless broadband access, the device comprising:

a disc-shaped housing having a flattened dome shaped front region and a back region having an integrated bracket mount;

a bubble level integrated onto the housing;

a plurality of antenna emitters held within the housing and arranged across a surface within the housing as an array antenna; and

a bracket for mounting the device, the bracket configured to engage with the bracket mount, wherein the bracket and bracket mount cooperate to provide a plurality of selectable positions securing the housing at different tilt angles relative to the bracket.