Support boom to attach planar array antenna to mast
Abstract
Abstract AN ANTENNA ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUPPORTING BOOM, MEANS FOR RIGIDLY CLAMPING THE SUPPORT BOOM TO A MAST, SUPPORT MEANS DISPOSED AT EACH END OF THE SUPPORT BOOM, A MAIN BOOM, AND AT LEAST ONE ANTENNA FIELD ELEMENT CARRIED BY THE MAIN BOOM, THE SUPPORT MEANS BEING PROPORTIONED AND DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE MAIN BOOM ON THE SUPPORT BOOM. MEANS IS PROVIDED FOR RIGIDLY CLAMPING THE MAIN BOOM TO SUCH A MAST WHILE THE MAIN BOOM IS SUPPORTED BY THE SUPPORT MEANS. IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION, EACH OF THE SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISES AN INSULATIVE, H-SHAPED MEMBER, THE LOWER LEGS OF WHICH ARE PROPORTIONED AND DESIGNED RECEIVABLY TO ENGAGE THE SUPPORT BOOM AND THE UPPER LEGS OF WHICH ARE PROPORTIONED AND DESIGNED RECEIVABLY TO ENGAGE A PORTION OF THE MAIN BOOM. ALSO, PREFERABLY, THE SUPPORT BOOM AND MAIN BOOM HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE, OR AT LEAST RECTANGULAR, CROSS SECTION AND THE LOWER AND UPPER LEGS OF THE H-SHAPED MEMBERS SNUGLY ENGAGE, RESPECTIVELY THE SIDES OF THE SUPPORT BOOM AND THE MAIN BOOM.
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- 👤 Lynn L Lockwood
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