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US 5,402,139 AGranted
Antenna and mounting arrangement
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYasuhito Maeshima
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Abstract
An antenna and mounting arrangement include a mounting portion attached to a rear of a dish portion of the antenna. The mounting portion may be affixed to a pole and may be positioned at any point along the length of the pole before tightening in position by way of bolts. A length of the mounting portion insures that when secured in position the dish portion of the antenna will not contact the pole. Thus, a plurality of antennas may be conveniently mounted on a single pole.
Claims14
An antenna comprising:
- receiving or transmitting means for receiving or transmitting signals including a parabolic dish portion;
- conversion means for converting signals received or transmitted by said receiving or transmitting means;
- support means including a support portion welded at only one location to a rear side of said parabolic dish portion of said antenna, a single, unitary spacing member attached to and extending from said support portion, said spacing member being of a length determined such that said antenna, when operationally mounted, will not come into contact with an antenna mount;
- a holding portion formed as one piece with said spacing member at an end thereof opposite said support portion, said holding portion defining a circular shape for surrounding and tightly gripping said antenna mount and being open in an axial direction of said antenna mount, said holding portion having a closing member formed at a free end thereof and being arranged proximate said spacing member;
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- tightening means cooperating with said closing member and said spacing member for causing said holding portion to tightly grip said antenna mount and including a plurality of bolts passing through holes formed in said closing member and being secured to said spacing member.
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A mounting arrangement for a parabolic antenna comprising:
- a support portion affixed at only one location to a rear side of a dish portion of said parabolic antenna;
- a single, unitary spacing member attached to and extending from said support portion, said spacing member being of a length determined such that said antenna, when operationally mounted, will not come into contact with an antenna mount;
- a holding portion formed as one piece with said spacing member at an end thereof opposite said support portion, said holding portion defining a substantially enclosed circular shape conforming to a cross-sectional shape of said antenna mount and being open in an axial direction of said mount, said holding portion having a closing member formed at a free end thereof and being located proximate said spacing member;
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- tightening means cooperating with said closing member and said spacing member for tightly gripping said antenna mount and including a plurality of bolts passing respectively through holes formed in said closing member and being secured to said spacing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.