# US 2021/0280965 A1 · Enclosure with integrated lifting mechanism for antennas

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- Number: US 2021/0280965 A1
- Document ID: US20210280965A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/099,352
- Filed: 2020-11-16
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2019-09-18
- Assignees: Amphenol Antenna Solutions, Inc.
- Applicants: Amphenol Antenna Solutions, Inc.
- Inventors: Griffin M. WOLF; Charles E. GAITHER; Thomas F. ABERASTURI; Aaron M. JOYCE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210280965A1

## CPC

- H01Q 1/42: Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
- H01Q 1/246: {specially adapted for base stations}
- H01Q 3/08: for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)

## Abstract

An antenna assembly has a main body configured to receive an antenna, and an uninterrupted top cap attached to the main body. The uninterrupted top cap has an outer surface. A lifting assembly is attached to at the outer surface of said top cap without penetrating the cap. Accordingly, the uninterrupted cap forms an unbroken whole. The uninterrupted cap is continuous without any through-holes or other perturbances or features that extend through the cap or otherwise might allow fluid to pass through the cap into an interior of the main body.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-26. (canceled)

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said fastening mechanism comprises a ring, eyelet, or coupling feature.

### Claim 29 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said enclosure further comprises an uninterrupted cap attached to said body.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

The assembly of claim 29, said body and said uninterrupted cap each forming a single continuous piece without any through-holes or other perturbances or features that extend through said body or said uninterrupted cap or otherwise might allow fluid to pass through the body or the cap into an interior of the body.

### Claim 31 (depends on 29)

The assembly of claim 29, said fastening mechanism integrally formed with said uninterrupted cap.

### Claim 32 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said enclosure further comprises an uninterrupted cap integrally formed with said body, said fastening mechanism integrally formed with said uninterrupted cap.

### Claim 33 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said fastening mechanism comprises a lifting assembly.

### Claim 34 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said body comprises a radome.

### Claim 35 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, wherein said body comprises a tube.

### Claim 36 (depends on 27)

The assembly of claim 27, said electrical component comprising an antenna.

### Claim 37

An assembly, comprising:
an enclosure having an interior configured to receive an electrical component, said enclosure having a body and an uninterrupted cap attached to or integrally formed with said body, said uninterrupted cap having an outer surface, wherein said uninterrupted cap is continuous without any through-holes or other perturbances or features that extend through the cap or otherwise might allow fluid to pass through the cap into an interior of the body; and
a fastening mechanism attached at the outer surface of said uninterrupted cap.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The assembly of claim 37, wherein said uninterrupted cap forms an unbroken whole.

### Claim 39 (depends on 37)

The antenna of claim 37, said fastening mechanism comprising a pin or pins coupled to or embedded partway through the uninterrupted cap.

### Claim 40 (depends on 39)

The antenna of claim 39, said fastening mechanism further comprising a base coupled to a ring or coupling feature, said base having a locking channel that removably locks to said pin or pins.

### Claim 41

An assembly, comprising:
an enclosure having an outer surface and an interior configured to receive an electrical component, said enclosure having a body which is continuous without any through-holes or other perturbances or features that extend through the enclosure or otherwise might allow fluid to pass through the enclosure into an interior of the body; and
a fastening mechanism attached at the outer surface of said enclosure.

### Claim 42 (depends on 41)

The assembly of claim 41, wherein said enclosure further comprises a cap and said fastening mechanism is attached at an outer surface of said cap.

### Claim 43 (depends on 42)

The assembly of claim 42, wherein said cap forms an unbroken whole.

### Claim 44 (depends on 41)

The assembly of claim 41, said fastening mechanism comprising a pin or pins coupled to or embedded partway through the uninterrupted cap.

### Claim 45 (depends on 44)

The antenna of claim 44, said fastening mechanism further comprising a base coupled to a ring or coupling feature, said base having a locking channel that removably locks to said pin or pins.

### Claim 46 (depends on 41)

The antenna of claim 41, wherein said body comprises a radome and said electrical component comprises an antenna.

### Claim 77

An assembly, comprising:
an enclosure having an interior configured to receive an electrical component, said enclosure having a body with an outer surface; and
a fastening mechanism integrally formed with said body and extending outward from the outer surface of said enclosure.