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US 4,050,767 AGranted
Automobile mount for citizens band radios
OwnerKeith E. Berninginventor
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Abstract
A mount for detachably installing a citizens' band radio in an automobile consisting of a two-part slide one element of which is affixed to the radio and the other to structure of the automobile to permit ready detachment of the radio, the slide elements carrying contact sets contacting when the slide elements are engaged to supply electrical connections to the radio, one of the sets of contacts being of special construction to furnish an electrically shielded antenna lead to the radio.
Claims7
A radio mount for automobiles comprising:
- a. a first plate,
- b. means for mounting said first plate rigidly in an automobile,
- c. a second plate, said second plate being slidably engageable with and disengageable from said first plate,
- d. means rigidly affixing said second plate to the case of a radio, and
- e. a series of pairs of electrical contacts, the contacts of each pair being mounted respectively on said first and second plates and being positioned to be brought into engagement by sliding engagement of said first and second plates, each of said pairs being operable when engaged to complete an electrical connection from said automobile to said radio, one of said connections being from an antenna mounted on said automobile to the antenna input connection of said radio case, and comprising a first connector mounted on said first plate and constituting a first central conductor surrounded by a first conducting shield separated from said first central conductor, a second connector mounted on said second plate and including a second central conductor surrounded by a second conducting shield separated from said second central connector, the central conductors of said first and second connectors being brought into engagement by sliding engagement of said first and second plates, and electrical connections grounding the shields of both said first and second connectors.
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