Cubicle Quad antenna

• US 4,229,742 A
• Filed: 06/18/1979
• Issued: 10/21/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orlando Rotunda
• Original Assignee: Orlando Rotunda
• Inventors: Rotunda, Orlando
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieberman, Eli
• Application Number:
  US06/049,130
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 343/742, 343/743, 343/744, 343/819, 343/868, 343/871, 343/882
• US Class Current: 343/742
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1228 on a boom
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/16 Strainers, spreaders, or spacers
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/28 using a secondary device in the form of two or more substantially straight conductive elements log- periodic antennas H01Q11/10; constituting a reflecting surface H01Q19/10

Abstract

A Cubicle Quad antenna having radial spider arms on a boom, a plurality of wire elements on each spider arm, with each element encased in a non-conductive material rod, and a ball-and-socket joint at each corner of each element-rod where it is secured onto a spider arm, so as to permit a wind or weather caused movement of the antenna and its element-rods without causing a breaking of a wire element at each corner thereof.

Claims

1. In combination with a Cubicle Quad antenna having a vertical mast, a horizontal boom secured to the mast, a four spoke radial spider arm secured to the boom, and a cubicle wavelength antenna wire element extending from spider arm to spider arm in a box-like configuration, with each one-fourth portion of said wire element between spider arms being enclosed within a semirigid non-conductive material rod and with each end of said wire extending outwardly of its rod adjacent its rod end, the combination therewith of a ball-and-socket joint connection means in longitudinal rod extension at each end of each rod, with one of either the ball or the socket of said means being secured to a spider arm and the other thereof being secured to the adjacent end of the rod, and a loosely spanned braided circuit wire connection extending between each adjacent wire end at each corner of the cubicle element, with said ball-and-socket connecting means comprising pivot means for permitting free pivotal movement of the antenna element when caused by wind.

2. In combination, a Cubicle Quad wire antenna element comprising one wavelength of four wire element portions each adapted to be secured at each of its cubicle corners to a radial spider support arm of a horizontal boom carried by a vertical mast, with each wire of the cubicle wire element being carried by a non-conductive rod means and having its wire ends exposed adjacent each of its rod ends, a pivot-like connecting means carried by each of said rod means ends and associated with a spider arm for connecting each rod means end to its adjacent spider support arm, and a loose spanned wire circuit connecting means extending from and loosely connecting adjacent ends of each cubicle rod means wire element portions adjacent each corner, whereby a wind or weather caused possible directional movement of the antenna elements with relation to the spider arms may occur as a result of said pivot-like connection means.

3. In combination with a plural element antenna having a vertical mast, a horizontal boom secured to the mast, a plural spoke radial spider arm secured to the boom, and a wave length antenna wire element extending from spider arm to spider arm, with each portion of said wire elements between spider arms being enclosed within a non-conductive material supporting rod connected to and extending between a pair of spider arms and with each end of said wire extending outwardly of its supporting rod adjacent its respective rod end, the combination therewith of a ball-and-socket joint pivot connection means in longitudinal rod extension at each end of each rod, with one of either the ball or the socket of said rod pivot connection means being secured to a spider arm and the other thereof being secured to the adjacent end of an element supporting rod, and a loosely spanned bendable circuit wire connection extending between each adjacent wire element end at each element corner of the antenna, with said pivot joint connection means of each rod end being adapted for permitting free pivotal movement of a rod element with relation to its adjacent spider arms as caused by any weather or wind condition occurrence.