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US 2003/0117337 A1Published application
Antenna screen structures and method for producing same
OwnerBrent W. Lendrietinventor
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An antenna screen structure (20) includes a screen face (28) and a peripheral support (30) integral to the screen face (28) to form a single unit. The screen face (28) is a low mass, but stiff cored construct that includes a first FRP layer (52), a second FRP layer (54), and a thermoplastic honeycomb core layer (56) interposed between first and second FRP layers (52) and (54). The peripheral support (30) generally includes horizontal and vertical flange members surrounding a periphery of the screen face (28). Stiffeners in the form of first and second beam members (64, 66) may replace the horizontal flange members, or may be utilized as an additional horizontal intermediate support member (68). Various configurations of antenna screen structures that are adapted from the antenna screen structure (20) include a parapet mounted two-sided antenna screen structure (122), pole-mounted triangular and cylindrical antenna screen structures (168, 230), a box-shaped antenna screen structure (280), and one-sided parapet mounted antenna screen structures (294, 314). The various antenna screen structures are evaluated to assess structural integrity, weight, and cost using an antenna screen evaluation routine (338), and are fabricated in a mold (428) created on a tooling table system (404).
A screen structure for concealing a cell site radio frequency (RF) antenna at a location, said screen structure comprising:
A screen structure as claimed in 1 wherein said edge is a side edge, and said peripheral support comprises a flange member formed along said side edge.
A method of producing an antenna screen structure for concealing a cell site radio frequency (RF) antenna at a location comprising:
A tooling table system for producing an antenna screen structure configured to conceal a cell site radio frequency (RF) antenna, said antenna screen structure including an RF transparent screen face and a peripheral support integral to an edge of said screen face, and said tooling table system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.