Base station for mounting on ceiling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12096579-B2
Application number	US-202217940156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2022
Priority date	Jan 24, 2022
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A ceiling-mounted base station with aesthetic contours includes a housing assembly and a shielding assembly. The housing assembly includes a first housing and a second housing connected to the first housing. The first housing includes first portion, third portion, and second portion connected in that order. The first portion and the second portion are disposed on opposite surfaces of the third portion. The third portion defines a cable hole. The shielding assembly is disposed on the second portion and connected to the second portion or the third portion. The shielding assembly, the second portion, and the third portion cooperatively define a shielding cavity with an opening facing the exterior, the shielding cavity can receive cables.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A base station for mounting on a ceiling, comprising:
a housing assembly comprising a first housing and a second housing connected to the first housing, wherein the first housing comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion connected between the first portion and the second portion, the first portion and the second portion are disposed on opposite surfaces of the third portion, the third portion defines a cable hole; and
a shielding assembly disposed on the second portion and connected to the second portion or the third portion, wherein the shielding assembly, the second portion, and the third portion cooperatively define a shielding cavity, the shielding cavity has an opening facing an exterior of the base station, the shielding cavity is configured to receive an external cable that is inserted into the cable hole;
wherein the shielding assembly comprises a shielding plate, two first plates, and a first magnet, the two first plates are respectively connected to opposite ends of the shielding plate and face the third portion, the first magnet is disposed on one of the two first plates, a second magnet is provided on the third portion, the first magnet and the second magnet are configured to attract each other to fix the shielding assembly to the third portion;
wherein the shielding plate comprises an inner surface facing the third portion, the shielding assembly further comprises two second plates, each of the two second plates connects the inner surface to a corresponding one of the two first plates, each of the two first plates, the corresponding one of the two second plates, and the inner surface cooperatively define a first receiving cavity for receiving the first magnet, one of the two first plates defines a first opening for exposing the first magnet.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein a buckle is provided on a bottom edge of the inner surface, an edge of the second portion away from the third portion defines a buckle groove for receiving the buckle.

3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding plate further comprises a first surface connected to a top edge of the inner surface and a second surface connected to a bottom edge of the inner surface, the first surface and the third portion cooperatively define the opening, the second surface faces the second portion, a port is defined by the second surface and a junction of the inner surface and the third portion, a size of the opening is smaller than a size of the port.

4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiving cavity has a mounting port facing the second portion, the shielding assembly further comprises a mounting portion, the mounting portion comprises a fixing plate and a supporting plate mounted on the fixing plate, the fixing plate is fixed in the mounting port, the supporting plate extends into the first receiving cavity, the first magnet is abutted between the supporting plate and the corresponding one of the two first plates.

5. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein the shielding plate further comprises a hollow post received in the first receiving cavity, the hollow post protrudes from the inner surface and extends in a direction perpendicular to the second portion, the mounting portion further comprises a fastener, the fastener passes through the fixing plate and is then fixedly inserted into the hollow post.

6. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein the first magnet comprises a first magnetic block and a second magnetic block protruding from the first magnetic block, the first magnetic block is abutted between the supporting plate and the corresponding one of the two first plates, the second magnetic block is received in the first opening.

7. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein a first limiting plate is provided on the first portion and disposed on a side of the third portion away from the shielding plate, the first limiting plate and the third portion cooperatively define a second receiving cavity with an opening facing the second housing, the second magnet is received in the second receiving cavity, the third portion further defines a second opening for exposing the second magnet.

8. The base station according to claim 7 , wherein the second magnet comprises a third magnetic block and a fourth magnetic block protruding from the third magnetic block, the third magnetic block is received in the second receiving cavity, the fourth magnetic block is exposed from the second opening.

9. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein a fastening plate is provided on a surface of the second housing facing the first housing, the fastening plate extends into the second receiving cavity, the third magnetic block is clamped between the third portion and the fastening plate.

10. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein a first adhesive layer is applied between the first magnetic block and the corresponding one of the two first plates.

11. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein a positioning protrusion is provided on each of the two first plates, the third portion defines a positioning groove for receiving each positioning protrusion.

12. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the inner surface is an arc surface concaved inwardly.

13. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the second portion is concaved away from the first portion.

14. The base station according to claim 1 , further comprising a mounting base, wherein the mounting base comprises a base plate and a rotating buckle protruding from the base plate, the first portion defines a rotating groove, the rotating buckle is received and configured to rotate in the rotating groove, thereby fixing the housing assembly to the mounting base.

15. The base station according to claim 14 , wherein the mounting base further comprises a positioning column protruding from the base plate, the first portion further defines a central hole for receiving the positioning column, the central hole is at a center of a circle defined by the rotating groove.

16. The base station according to claim 14 , wherein the rotating groove comprises a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end are disposed along a rotating direction of the rotating buckle, the first portion further comprises a second limiting plate covering the second end, the second limiting plate comprises a limiting end facing the first end;
the rotating buckle comprises a first rotating portion, a second rotating portion, and a clamping portion, an end of the first rotating portion is fixed on the base plate, the second rotating portion is connected to the other end of the first rotating portion, an end of the clamping portion is fixed on the base plate, the other end of the clamping portion is connected to the second rotating portion; the clamping portion is configured to abut against the limiting end when the second rotating portion is below the second limiting plate.

17. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein a first bump is provided on a surface of the second rotating portion facing the second limiting plate, a second bump is provided on the second limiting plate, the second bump is configured to abut against the first bump.

Assignees

• Zhengzhou Wanmayun Electronic Tech Co Ltd
• Hongfujin Prec Elect Zhengzhou Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Liu-Jun
• Yuan Bo-Duo

Classifications

• H05K5/0247 Primary

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H02G3/10

  for surface mounting on a wall · CPC title

• H01R13/72

  Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder · CPC title

• H01R13/516

  Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} · CPC title