Cellular base station assemblies with adapters to interconnect antenna and rru

Abstract

A cellular base station antenna assembly includes: a telecommunications antenna with plurality of first communication ports mounted on a rear surface thereof; a remote radio unit mounted to the antenna having a plurality of second communication ports on a lower surface thereof; and an adapter configured to connect the remote radio unit to the antenna, the adapter including a housing, a first clustered connector that includes a plurality of individual first connectors, the first clustered connector being mounted on a lower portion of the housing, the adapter further including a plurality of second connectors mounted on an upper surface of the housing, each of the first connectors being connected with a respective second connector. Each of the second connectors is mated with a respective second communication port, and each of the first connectors is mated with a respective first communication port. The assembly further includes a disengagement mechanism connected to the assembly and configured to raise the remote radio unit relative to the adapter to disengage the second connectors from the second communication ports.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.