# US 11,909,111 B2 · Small cell base station integrated with storefront sign > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,111 B2 - Document ID: US11909111B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/422,969 - Filed: 2020-01-17 - Published: 2022-03-10 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-18 - Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC - Applicants: CommScope Technologies LLC - Inventors: Julian Colapietro; Charles John Mann; Michael Fabbri; Jeffrey Cook - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909111B2 ## CPC - H01Q 13/18: the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity (longitudinally slotted cylinder H01Q13/12 ){; Open cavity antennas} - G09F 13/005: {Illumination controller or illuminated signs including an illumination control system} - G09F 13/0413: {Frames or casing structures therefor} - G09F 13/0448: {double face} - G09F 19/22: Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated - G09F 27/00: Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address - H01Q 1/06: Means for the lighting or illuminating of antennas, e.g. for purpose of warning - H01Q 1/1221: {onto a wall} - H01Q 1/1242: {Rigid masts specially adapted for supporting an aerial} - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - H01Q 9/0407: {Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40)} - H01Q 21/0087: {Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays (manufacturing waveguides H01P11/00)} - H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} - G09F 2013/222: {with LEDs} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract An assembly includes: a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings; an antenna; c) a radio residing in the cavity of the housing connected with the antenna; and d) a power source attached to the radio; wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly, comprising: (a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings; (b) an antenna; (c) first and second radios residing in the cavity of the housing connected with the antenna; and (d) a power source attached to the radios; wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings; wherein the housing is mounted to a storefront; and wherein the housing is mounted to an illuminated sign of the storefront. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising an optical signal source attached to the radios. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the housing is mounted substantially perpendicularly to the storefront. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the assembly has overall dimensions of between about 50 cm×50 cm×20 cm to 70 cm×70 cm×25 cm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising LEDs within the housing, the LEDs configured and positioned to illuminate the informational markings. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the floor is perforated. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the ceiling is mounted above upper edges of the sidewalls to create at least one gap therebetween. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising a blower. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the front wall, the side walls, the floor and the ceiling comprise a monolithic cap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The assembly defined in claim 9, wherein rails are mounted to and extend forwardly from the rear wall and fit within the cap. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The assembly defined in claim 10, wherein LEDs are mounted to the rails to provide illumination to the informational markings. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the antenna is a flat panel antenna. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The assembly defined in claim 12, wherein the antenna is mounted at an oblique angle to the side walls and the front wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one of a fiber optic splice tray, a circuit breaker, and a radio frequency combiner located in the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The assembly defined in claim 1, wherein the cavity of the housing is accessible through one of the side walls of the housing. ### Claim 16 An assembly, comprising: (a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings; (b) an antenna; (c) a radio residing in the cavity of the housing connected with the antenna; and (d) a power source attached to the radio; wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings; wherein the housing is mounted substantially perpendicularly to an illuminated sign of a storefront via a bracket, the bracket being generally U-shaped in profile and mounted to the rear wall of the housing. ### Claim 17 An assembly, comprising: (a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings; (b) an antenna; (c) a radio residing in the cavity of the housing connected with the antenna; and (d) a power source attached to the radio; wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings; and wherein the antenna is mounted at an oblique angle to the front wall and side walls. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The assembly defined in claim 17, wherein the antenna is a flat panel antenna.