Antenna steering and locking apparatus
OwnerDimitris Kolokotronisinventor
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Abstract
A cellular antenna steering and locking apparatus (100) has a first bracket (158) for attachment to a fixed structure, a second bracket (198) for attachment to a cellular antenna, a joint arrangement between the first and second brackets to facilitate rotation there between about a pivot axis and a locking mechanism (104) having a first condition in which rotation between the first and second brackets is prohibited, and a second condition in which rotation between the first and second brackets is permitted, the locking mechanism having a control (114) rotatable between the first and second conditions.
Claims16
A cellular antenna steering and locking apparatus comprising:
- a first bracket for attachment to a fixed structure;
- a second bracket for attachment to a cellular antenna;
- a joint arrangement between the first and second brackets to facilitate rotation therebetween about a pivot axis;
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- a locking mechanism having:
- a first toothed ratchet,
- a first ratchet-engaging member, the first ratchet-engaging member having a locked condition in which it is engaged with teeth of the first ratchet to lock the joint arrangement against rotation in a first rotational direction, and
- a first opposed ratchet-engaging member, the first opposed ratchet-engaging member having a locked condition in which it is engaged with either the teeth of the first ratchet or teeth of a second ratchet to lock the joint arrangement against rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.