Base station antennas having bottom end caps with angled connector ports
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorPeter J. Bisiules
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Abstract
A base station antenna includes a radome having a bottom opening, an antenna assembly within the radome, a bottom end cap covering the bottom opening of the radome, the bottom end cap including a plurality of connector receptacles, and a plurality of connectors mounted in respective ones of the connector receptacles, each connector including a connector port that extends downwardly from the bottom end cap. Longitudinal axes of a first subset of the connectors extend at respective oblique angles with respect to a plane that is normal to a longitudinal axis of the antenna.
Claims19
A base station antenna that extends along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a radome having a bottom opening;
- an antenna assembly within the radome;
- a bottom end cap covering the bottom opening of the radome, the bottom end cap including a plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- a plurality of connectors mounted to extend through the bottom end cap, wherein a first subset of the connectors are mounted to extend at an oblique angle with respect to a first plane defined by a bottom surface of the bottom end cap.
A base station antenna that extends along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a radome having a bottom opening;
- an antenna assembly within the radome;
- a bottom end cap covering the bottom opening of the radome, the bottom end cap including a plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- a plurality of connectors mounted to extend through the bottom end cap,
- wherein a first subset of the connectors are mounted perpendicular to a first plane that is defined by a bottom surface of the bottom end cap and a second subset of the connectors are mounted at an oblique angle with respect to the first plane.
An end cap assembly for a base station antenna, comprising:
- a bottom end cap that includes a plurality of connector receptacles;
- and
- a plurality of connectors mounted in the respective connector receptacles,
- wherein at least some of the connectors are mounted at an oblique angle with respect to a first plane defined by a bottom surface of the bottom end cap.
An end cap assembly for a base station antenna,
- comprising:
- a bottom end cap that includes a protruding portion;
- and
- a plurality of connectors mounted to extend through the protruding portion,
- wherein at least some of the connectors are mounted at an oblique angle with respect to a first plane defined by a bottom surface of the bottom end cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.