Adjustable-tilt housing with flattened dome shape, array antenna, and bracket mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10170828-B2
Application number	US-201615351218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2016
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

Radio devices for wireless transmission including an integrated adjustable mount allowing mounting to a pole or stand and adjustment of the angle of the device (e.g., the altitude). The device may include a compact array antenna having a high gain configured to operate in, for example, the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz band and/or the 2.40-2.48 GHz band. The antenna emitters may be arranged in a separate plane from a plane containing the antenna feed connecting the emitting elements and also from a ground plane. The antenna array may be contained within a protective weatherproof housing along with the radio control circuitry.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radio and antenna device for providing wireless broadband access, the device comprising:
a disc-shaped housing having a flattened, dome-shaped front region and a back region having an integrated bracket mount, wherein the integrated bracket mount comprises a slotted channel;
a bubble level integrated onto the housing;
a plurality of antenna emitters held within the housing and arranged as an array antenna; and
a bracket configured to support the device, the bracket further configured to engage with the integrated bracket mount, where the bracket and integrated bracket mount may be adjusted to form a plurality of selectable positions securing the housing at different tilt angles relative to the bracket.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a ball socket and threaded clamp.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket mount comprises a deformable locking projection.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a lock configured to secure the bracket to the housing.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises an arm and a ball joint at an end of the arm.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising optical indicators within the housing that are visible through a wall of the housing.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a region of a wall of the housing that is thinner than other regions of the wall, through which a plurality of lights within the housing may be visible.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the disc-shaped housing forms a waterproof enclosure around the plurality of antenna emitters.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna emitters comprises at least four patch antennas, arranged across a surface within the housing as an array antenna.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna emitters comprises at least nine patch antennas arranged across a surface within the housing as an array antenna.

11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a power over Ethernet (PoE) port through the housing and configured to receive a PoE cable.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a concave pole mount region configured to be connected at least partially around a pole.

13. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a controller connected to the antenna emitters and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals from the antenna.

14. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a controller connected to the antenna emitters and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol.

Assignees

• Ubiquiti Networks Inc

Inventors

• Huerta Gerardo
• Lee Jude
• Chen Hsin-Ming
• Pera Robert

Classifications

• H01Q9/0428

  radiating a circular polarised wave · CPC title

• H01Q21/065

  Patch antenna array · CPC title

• Y10T29/49018

  with other electrical component · CPC title

• H01Q3/08

  for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation · CPC title

• H01Q1/2291

  used in Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi® devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN] (H01Q1/241 takes precedence; WLAN in general H04W) · CPC title