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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9531067-B2
Application number	US-201414170307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

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 comprising a rear region having an integrated bracket mount and a front region configured as a dome, wherein the integrated bracket mount comprises a ball socket; a bubble level integrated onto the housing;
at least four antennas emitters held within the housing arranged as an array antenna, wherein each antenna emitter has a radiating surface, wherein the radiating surfaces are all in a same plane, and wherein each radiating surface is differently sized;
control circuitry connected to the array antenna and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using the array antenna; and a bracket comprising an arm having a ball joint at an end of the arm, the bracket configured support the device, wherein the bracket and integrated bracket mount cooperate to provide a plurality of selectable tilt positions of the housing relative to the bracket.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol.

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

4. 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 are visible.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is configured for outdoor use and is water resistant.

6. A radio and antenna device for providing wireless broadband access, the device comprising:
a disc-shaped housing comprising a rear region having an integrated bracket mount and a front region configured as a dome, wherein the integrated bracket mount comprises a ball socket; a bubble level integrated onto the housing;
at least four antenna emitters held within the housing arranged as an array antenna, wherein each antenna emitter has a radiating surface, wherein the radiating surfaces are all in a same plane that is above an antenna feed which is above a ground plane, and wherein each radiating surface is differently sized or differently shaped;
control circuitry connected to the array antenna and configured to send and receive wireless broadband signals using the array antenna; and a bracket comprising an arm having a ball joint at an end of the arm, the bracket configured support the device, wherein the bracket and integrated bracket mount cooperate to provide a plurality of selectable tilt positions of the housing relative to the bracket.

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

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the integrated bracket mount comprises a crush rib within the ball socket.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least four antenna emitters comprises at least nine antenna emitters.

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

Assignees

• Ubiquiti Networks Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H01Q21/0087

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays (manufacturing waveguides H01P11/00) · CPC title

• H01Q1/42 Primary

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• Y10T29/49018

  with other electrical component · CPC title

• H01Q3/08

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

• H01Q5/0093

  Electricity · mapped topic