Anti-theft radio antenna device with orientation control
AssigneeRonin Factory LLC
InventorScott Macco
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Abstract
An antenna adapter may be used for mounting an antenna to a vehicle or other object via the object's antenna mount, making antenna theft more difficult. The adapter is therefore configured to both receive the antenna and engage the antenna mount. The antenna adapter includes one or more elements that are configured to assist in removable engagement of the antenna adapter with the antenna, such as a groove and a set screw that screws through the antenna and into the groove of the adapter. The antenna adapter may also include another element that is configured to maintain the antenna at a particular radial orientation with respect to the antenna adapter when engaged therewith.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- an antenna adapter configured to receive an antenna and configured to threadably engage an antenna mount, the antenna adapter comprising:
- a groove into which a set screw is extendable to engage the antenna adapter with the antenna;
- a spring plunger configured to at least partially extend from the antenna adapter and into an interior area of the antenna, wherein the spring plunger maintains the antenna at a particular radial orientation with respect to the antenna adapter when engaged therewith;
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- an opening configured to receive a tool that is usable to threadably engage the antenna adapter with the antenna mount.
A method, comprising:
- providing an antenna adapter that receives a vehicle antenna and that threadably engages an antenna mount on a vehicle;
- providing, as part of the antenna adapter, a groove into which a set screw is extendable to engage the antenna adapter with the vehicle antenna;
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- providing, as part of the antenna adapter, a spring plunger configured to at least partially extend from the antenna adapter and into an interior area of the vehicle antenna, wherein the spring plunger maintains the vehicle antenna at a particular radial orientation with respect to the antenna adapter when engaged therewith.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an antenna for a vehicle;
- an adapter that slides inside an end of the antenna and that screws onto a mount of the vehicle in lieu of the antenna engaging the mount, the antenna being free to rotate on the adapter without causing the adapter to rotate on the mount, the adapter comprising an opening to receive a tool that is usable to screw the adapter onto the mount;
- a set screw that extends into a groove on the adapter to couple the adapter to the antenna to prevent the antenna from being pulled off of the adapter while still allowing the antenna to rotate on the adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.