Antenna device and method for attaching the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484617-B2
Application number	US-201314398523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2013
Priority date	May 8, 2012
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

An antenna device includes: a radio device for radio wave transmission; a primary radiator that has a function to radiates radio waves generated by the radio device; a parabolic reflector that reflects the radio waves radiated from the primary radiator; a shroud that shields against unnecessary radiation radio waves among the radio waves radiated from the primary radiator and reflected by the parabolic reflector; and an antenna mounting mechanism that fits the parabolic reflector to an antenna attachment pole. The shroud is arranged so as to cover at least a right and left of the parabolic reflector, the radio device and the primary radiator are arranged inside the shroud, and the antenna mounting mechanism fits the parabolic reflector to the antenna attachment pole so that the antenna attachment pole is located at a lateral center position of the parabolic reflector.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna device comprising:
a radio device for radio wave transmission;
a primary radiator that has a function to radiate radio waves generated by the radio device;
a parabolic reflector that reflects the radio waves radiated from the primary radiator;
a shroud that shields against unnecessary radiation radio waves among the radio waves radiated from the primary radiator and reflected by the parabolic reflector; and
an antenna mounting mechanism that fits the parabolic reflector to an antenna attachment pole, wherein
the shroud comprises a right side surface part and a left side surface part that cover a right and a left, respectively, of the parabolic reflector, the right side surface part and the left side surface part projecting to a front of the parabolic reflector and being connected to each other near a vertex of an upper part of the parabolic reflector,
the radio device and the primary radiator are arranged inside the shroud, and
the antenna mounting mechanism fits the parabolic reflector to the antenna attachment pole so that the antenna attachment pole is located at a lateral center position of the parabolic reflector.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein
the radio device and the primary radiator are directly coupled to each other, and
the radio device is arranged at a lower inside of the shroud.

3. The antenna device according to claim 2 , further comprising a support member that supports the radio device,
wherein the support member is arranged inside the shroud, and thereby the radio device supported by the support member is arranged inside the shroud.

4. The antenna device according to claim 3 , wherein the radio device is fixed to the support member, and thereby a waveguide part of the primary radiator directly coupled to the radio device is directed to the parabolic reflector without being twisted.

5. The antenna device according to claim 3 , wherein
the antenna mounting mechanism further includes a connection mechanism that is connected to the support member, and
the support member is supported by an inside of the shroud by being connected to the connection mechanism.

6. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the parabolic reflector is an offset parabolic reflector.

7. The antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein a shape of the offset parabolic reflector is a circle.

8. The antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein a shape of the offset parabolic reflector is an ellipse.

9. A method for attaching an antenna device, wherein
providing a shroud, the shroud comprising a right side surface part and a left side surface part that cover a right and a left, respectively, of a parabolic reflector that reflects radio waves, the right side surface part and the left side surface part projecting to a front of the parabolic reflector and being connected to each other near a vertex of an upper part of the parabolic reflector,
providing a radio device for radio wave transmission or for radio wave reception inside the shroud, and
providing a primary radiator that has a function to radiate radio waves generated by the radio device or a function to feed received radio waves to the radio device inside the shroud so that the parabolic reflector reflects the radio waves radiated from the primary radiator to an outside of the antenna device or reflects radio waves from an outside of the antenna device so that the primary radiator receives the radio waves, and
providing an antenna mounting mechanism that fits the parabolic reflector to an antenna attachment pole in order for the parabolic reflector to be fitted to the antenna attachment pole so that the antenna attachment pole is located at a lateral center position of the parabolic reflector.

10. An antenna device comprising:
a radio device for radio wave reception;
a primary radiator that has a function to feed received radio waves to the radio device;
a parabolic reflector that makes the primary radiator receive radio waves by reflecting the radio waves;
a shroud that shields against radio waves requiring no reception so that the radio waves requiring no reception are not reflected by the parabolic reflector and are not received by the primary radiator; and
an antenna mounting mechanism that fits the parabolic reflector to an antenna attachment pole, wherein
the shroud comprises a right side surface part and a left side surface part that cover a right and a left, respectively, of the parabolic reflector, the right side surface part and the left side surface part projecting to a front of the parabolic reflector and being connected to each other near a vertex of an upper part of the parabolic reflector,
the radio device and the primary radiator are arranged inside the shroud, and
the antenna mounting mechanism fits the parabolic reflector to the antenna attachment pole so that the antenna attachment pole is located at a lateral center position of the parabolic reflector.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Yoshihide

Classifications

• H01Q1/526

  Electromagnetic shields · CPC title

• H01Q1/22

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title

• H01Q1/1228 Primary

  on a boom · CPC title

• Y10T29/49018

  with other electrical component · CPC title

• H01Q19/132

  Horn reflector antennas; Off-set feeding · CPC title