Patent Application
20210143522
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The disclosure relates to mounting assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new mounting assembly for coupling an antenna to a vehicle.
The prior art relates to mounting assemblies and more particularly to assemblies for mounting an antenna on a vehicle. Prior art assemblies for mounting an antenna on a vehicle may comprise threaded couplers to couple an antenna to a roof of a vehicle, clamps to couple an antenna to a mirror support arm or a trunk lid, assemblies mounted in and extendable from a trunk, and brackets that are bolted a door of a vehicle using mirror attachment holes.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first plate, a bar, and a coupler. Each of a set of apertures that is positioned in the first plate is configured to be aligned with an associated hinge hole that is positioned in an upper hinge of a door of a vehicle. A respective hinge bolt is insertable through the aperture, the associated hinge hole, and an associated hole that is positioned in a door frame of the vehicle so that the first plate is coupled to the vehicle. A spacer is coupled to and extends from a first face of the first plate. The bar is coupled to and extends from the spacer distal from the first plate so that the bar extends between the door frame and an associated door when the associated door is closed. The coupler is coupled to the bar distal from the spacer and is configured to couple to a mount of an antenna to couple the antenna to the vehicle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of a set of apertures 18 that is positioned in the first plate 12 is configured to be aligned with an associated hinge hole that is positioned in the upper hinge of the door of the vehicle. A respective hinge bolt is insertable through the aperture 18, the associated hinge hole, and an associated hole that is positioned in the door frame of the vehicle so that the first plate 12 is coupled to the vehicle. The set of apertures 18 may comprise two apertures 18, as shown in
A spacer 20 is coupled to and extends from a first face 22 of the first plate 12. The bar 14 is coupled to and extends from the spacer 20 distal from the first plate 12 so that the bar 14 extends between the door frame and an associated door when the associated door is closed. The spacer 20 may comprise a pair of second plates 24, or other spacing element, such as blocks, rods, bars, and the like. The second plates 24 are coupled singly to an upper edge 26 and a lower edge 28 of the first plate 12 and extend both perpendicularly to and codirectionally from the first plate 12.
The bar 14 may extend perpendicularly from the spacer 20, as shown in
The coupler 16 is coupled to the bar 14 distal from the spacer 20 and is configured to couple to a mount of an antenna to couple the antenna to the vehicle. The coupler 16 may comprise a rod 30 that is coupled to and extends from the bar 14 distal from the spacer 20. The rod 30 is threaded distal from the bar 14 and thus is configured to threadedly couple to the mount of the antenna to couple the antenna to the vehicle. The coupler 16 also may comprise other coupling means, such as, but not limited to, clamps, magnets, and the like.
The rod 30 measures from 1.0 to 2.0 centimeters in diameter. The rod 30 may measure approximately 1.6 centimeters in diameter. The rod 30 measures from 10.0 to 20.0 centimeters in length. The rod 30 may measure approximately 15.9 centimeters in length. A threaded section 32 of the rod 30 measures from 2.5 to 5.0 centimeters in length. The threaded section 32 of the rod 30 may measure 3.8 centimeters in length. The rod 30 may extend perpendicularly from the bar 14, as shown in
In use, the hinge bolts are removed from the hinge holes in the upper hinge and the associated holes in the door frame. The set of apertures 18 is aligned with the hinge holes in the upper hinge and then the hinge bolts are reinserted through the set of apertures 18, the hinge holes, and the associated holes in the door frame of the vehicle so that the assembly 10 is coupled to the vehicle. The mount of the antenna then is threadedly coupled to the rod 30 to couple the antenna to the vehicle.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
