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US 11,456,519 B2Granted
Orientation adjustable mounts and related methods of locking into alignment
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsDavid J. Walker, Jasmine M. M. Wright, James M. Jefferson, Donald B. Gardner
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Abstract
Mount assemblies that include clamps that can clamp directly to external threads of a respective adjuster bolt to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired orientation and/or position and provide for triangulated adjustment allowing for increased alignment precision. The mount assemblies can be particularly suitable for locking an aligned antenna into a desired azimuth position.
Claims20
A mount assembly comprising:
- a pole clamp having cooperating first and second pole clamp members;
- an adjuster bolt comprising external threads coupled to the first pole clamp member;
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- a single adjuster bolt clamp directly attachable to the external threads of the adjuster bolt whereby the single adjuster bolt clamp is sized and configured to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired position,
- wherein the single adjuster bolt clamp is coupled to the first pole clamp member and has a cylindrical threaded open through channel that contacts the threads of the adjuster bolt, and wherein the single adjuster bolt clamp applies a clamp force to lock the adjuster bolt in the desired position without any retaining nuts.
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A mount assembly comprising:
- a pole clamp having cooperating first and second pole clamp members;
- an adjuster bolt comprising external threads coupled to the first pole clamp member;
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- a single adjuster bolt clamp directly attachable to the external threads of the adjuster bolt whereby the single adjuster bolt clamp is sized and configured to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired position,
- wherein the adjuster bolt clamp comprises first and second vertically stacked side arms that extend laterally away from a cylindrical channel with an open gap space therebetween, wherein the cylindrical channel comprises threads that directly contact the threads of the adjuster bolt to directly attach thereto, and wherein the adjuster bolt clamp has a clamp member that extends down through the first side arm, across the open gap space, through the second side arm and into the first pole clamp member and is sized and configured to change a profile of the cylindrical channel when torqued to a defined threshold value.
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A mount assembly comprising:
- a pole clamp having cooperating first and second pole clamp members;
- an adjuster bolt comprising external threads coupled to the first pole clamp member;
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- a single adjuster bolt clamp directly attachable to the external threads of the adjuster bolt whereby the single adjuster bolt clamp is sized and configured to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired position,
- wherein the adjuster bolt clamp comprises semicircular upwardly extending and laterally spaced apart upper end portions that reside above a threaded open channel, wherein the threaded open channel is cylindrical and is directly attachable to the external threads of the adjuster bolt while the semicircular upwardly extending and laterally spaced apart upper end portions remain in position above the threaded open channel and the adjuster bolt.
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A mount assembly comprising:
- a pole clamp having cooperating first and second pole clamp members;
- an adjuster bolt comprising external threads coupled to the first pole clamp member;
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- a single adjuster bolt clamp directly attachable to the external threads of the adjuster bolt whereby the single adjuster bolt clamp is sized and configured to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired position,
- wherein the adjuster bolt has a length that terminates into a free end and that extends beyond the adjuster bolt clamp and is devoid of any retaining nuts, wherein the adjuster bolt clamp comprises a cylindrical body that is perpendicular to the adjuster bolt, wherein the adjuster bolt clamp is coupled to the first pole clamp member, wherein the first and second pole clamp members are attached by first and second bolts extending therebetween, and wherein the cylindrical body has an open channel with threads that attaches to the threads of the adjuster bolt.
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A method of aligning an antenna attached or attachable to a pole, comprising:
- attaching a pole clamp of a mount assembly to the pole, the pole clamp having cooperating first and second pole clamp members;
- extending or retracting an azimuth adjuster bolt with threads relative to the first pole clamp member for azimuth adjustment;
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- applying a clamping force directly onto the threads of the adjuster bolt using a single adjuster bolt clamp without any retaining nuts coupled to the single clamp to lock the mount assembly in a desired azimuth alignment position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.