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Mobile communications antenna assembly

  • US 5,515,064 A
  • Filed: 06/25/1993
  • Issued: 05/07/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An antenna system usable to radiate and receive radio frequency energy generated by and received by a transceiver at frequencies in the UHF frequency range and adapted for use with and attachment to a dielectric member, comprising:

  • a radiating member;

    a support member attached to one end of said radiating member and mountable on one surface of the dielectric member; and

    a coupling system mountable on a second surface of the dielectric member in juxtaposition with said support member and connectable to the transceiver for coupling said radio frequency energy through the dielectric member between the transceiver and said radiating member;

    said support member including a non-conductive body portion and a conductive coupling member;

    said non-conductive body portion having a first side positionable adjacent said one surface of the dielectric member, said body portion defining an opening formed therein through said first side thereof,a raised portion on a second side thereof and a gap in said raised portion permitting passage therethrough of said one end of said radiating member, and a bore passing through at least a portion of said raised portion,said bore intersecting said one end of said radiating member passing through said gap for receiving a fastener engageable with said one end of said radiating member for fastening said radiating member to said support member;

    said conductive coupling member having a generally planar portion received in said opening formed in said non-conductive body portion, a plurality of fastening projections insertable into said non-conductive body portion for retaining said conductive coupling member in place with said generally planar portion thereof co-planar with the surface of said first side of said non-conductive body portion, and at least one projecting flange portion oriented transverse to the plane of said generally planar portion and extending through said opening into the raised portion of said non-conductive body portion and intersecting said bore for receiving the fastener passing through said bore and said one end of said radiating member to fasten said radiating member to said support member with said radiating member thereby being firmly connected to said conductive coupling member.

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