Antenna-mounting nut
AssigneeNippon Antena Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirotsugu Imahigashi
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Abstract
With the object of obtaining a reliable grounding of the antenna, even if the panel of the vehicle is deformed or the elasticity of the base pad or O-ring weakens, a washer portion 21 is integrally secured to a nut portion 20 via a wave washer 22. This securing is performed by mounting a joint portion 23 in washer portion 21, and by mating protuberances 23e of second protruding pieces 23d of joint portion 23 with a ring-shaped groove portion 20b that is formed inside a first through-hole 20a of nut portion 20. Even if the vehicle panel the antenna is mounted, and so forth, is deformed, or the stress on the antenna-mounting nut 6 weakens, this change is absorbed by wave washer 22, and thus a marked reduction in the press-contacting force of the antenna-mounting nut 6 does not occur, and the grounding of same is made reliable.
Claims2
An antenna-mounting nut, that engages threadedly, from a reverse side of a vehicle panel, with a protrusion, on an antenna body, which is inserted into a mounting hole formed in said vehicle panel, comprising:
- a washer portion, in which a through-hole formed with protuberance-mating portions is formed, and at whose upper end, of U-shaped cross-section, a plurality of serrate protuberances is formed that come into contact with said vehicle panel;
- a nut portion, in whose inner peripheral surface a threaded portion and ring-shaped groove are formed that engage threadedly with said protrusion, and on which nut portion detent protuberances are formed so as to protrude from an upper surface thereof
- a joint portion having collar that has a plurality of protruding pieces formed so as to protrude from the circumference of a through-hole formed in the collar and at whose tips mating protuberances are formed;
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- a ring-shaped wave washer having a wave shape, and
- wherein said protuberance-mating portions on said washer portion are mated with said detent protuberances on said nut portion such that said wave washer is interposed therebetween, so that said washer portion and said nut portion do not rotate with respect to one another;
- said collar portion on said joint portion comes into contact with the upper surface of the inside of said washer portion, and said plurality of protruding pieces pass through said through-hole of said washer portion, said mating protuberances being thereby mated with said ring-shaped groove portion in said nut portion;
- said washer portion and said nut portion are secured by said joint portion;
- and the inclined faces of said serrate protuberances are formed facing in a direction in which said nut portion is fastened onto said protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.