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US 2007/0176844 A1Published application
Removable mountable aerodynamic bayonet antenna apparatus and method
AssigneeAntenex, Inc.
InventorDonald Cislo
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Abstract
A mountable antenna apparatus and method involving a housing member (100); a bayonet adapter (200); and an antenna assembly (300) being disposed within the housing member (100). The housing member (100) comprises an aerodynamic configuration for reducing drag on, and for eliminating fatigue as well as flutter of, the antenna assembly (300); and the aerodynamic configuration comprises a feature such as an ogive, an ogivoid, a semi-ogivoid, a hemi-ogivid, and a quasi-ogivoid.
Claims31
A mountable antenna apparatus, comprising:
- a housing member;
- a bayonet adapter;
- and
- an antenna assembly being disposed within the housing member.
1 more element
A mountable antenna apparatus, comprising:
- a housing member;
- a bayonet adapter;
- and
- an antenna assembly being disposed within the housing member,
- wherein the housing member comprises an aerodynamic configuration, and
- wherein the aerodynamic configuration comprises at least one feature selected from a group consisting essentially of an ogive, an ogivoid, a semi-ogivoid, a hemi-ogivoid, and a quasi-ogivoid.
3 more elements
A method of mounting an antenna apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing member;
- providing a bayonet adapter;
- providing an antenna assembly within the housing member;
- removing a preexisting NMO ring from an NMO mount;
- retrofitting the NMO mount with the bayonet adapter, thereby effecting a retrofitted NMO mount;
- and
- fastening the antenna assembly within the housing member to the retrofitted NMO mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.