Planar antenna device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10411342-B2
Application number	US-201715855505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 2, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a planar antenna device includes a support portion, a first plate-shaped movable portion, a second plate-shaped movable portion, a third plate-shaped movable portion, and a pair of plate-shaped antenna units. The support portion is formed to have a plate shape. The first plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the support portion and is rotatable around a first axial line. The second plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the first plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a second axial line. The third plate-shaped movable portion is supported by the second plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a third axial line. The pair of plate-shaped antenna units is turnably supported by the third plate-shaped movable portion and is switchable between a closed state and an open state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A planar antenna device comprising:
a support portion that is formed to have a plate shape;
a first plate-shaped movable portion that is supported by the support portion and is rotatable around a first axial line extending in a thickness direction of the support portion;
a second plate-shaped movable portion that is supported by the first plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a second axial line extending along a main surface of the support portion;
a third plate-shaped movable portion that is supported by the second plate-shaped movable portion and is rotatable around a third axial line extending in a thickness direction of the second plate-shaped movable portion; and
a pair of plate-shaped antenna units that is turnably supported by the third plate-shaped movable portion and is switchable between a closed state in which main surfaces of the antenna units are disposed so as to face each other and an open state in which the main surfaces are disposed on the same plane as each other.

2. The planar antenna device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support portion includes a support portion main body which is formed to have a box shape, and a support member which is rotatably supported by the support portion main body around a rotary axis parallel to the first axial line and is movable between a protrusion position protruding from the support portion main body and an accommodation position disposed within a contour of the support portion main body, when seen in a direction parallel to the first axial line.

3. The planar antenna device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a fixing mechanism that is switchable between a fixed state in which the support member is fixed to the support portion main body after moving to the protrusion position and a released state in which the fixed support member is released.

4. The planar antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a coarse adjustment unit that adjusts a support angle which is an angle of the second plate-shaped movable portion around the second axial line with respect to the first plate-shaped movable portion in stages between a first angle and a second angle greater than the first angle; and
a fine adjustment unit that adjusts the support angle on a scale smaller than a difference between the second angle and the first angle.

5. The planar antenna device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a space is formed between the plate-shaped antenna units in the closed state.

6. The planar antenna device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third plate-shaped movable portion and the plate-shaped antenna unit are connected to each other via a torque hinge.

7. The planar antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cylindrical connection portion that is provided on at least one of the first axial line, the second axial line, and the third axial line; and
a wiring portion that is inserted through the inside of a tube hole of the connection portion.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Nakamoto Masaki
• Mitsushio Hirotaka
• Saito Noriyuki
• Kitamura Youichi

Classifications

• H01Q21/061

  Two dimensional planar arrays · CPC title

• H01Q1/1235

  Collapsible supports; Means for erecting a rigid antenna · CPC title

• H01Q1/08

  Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof (collapsible loop antennas H01Q7/02; means for collapsing H-antennas or Yagi antennas H01Q19/04) · CPC title

• H01Q1/125

  Means for positioning · CPC title

• H01Q9/0407

  Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40) · CPC title