The present application claims priority from and the benefit of Chinese Application No. 201922288763.1, filed Dec. 18, 2019, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in full.
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of wireless communications. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a multi-antenna mounting device which enables mechanical tilt angles of two or more antennas to be synchronously adjusted and a multi-antenna assembly.
In wireless communication systems, signals are transmitted and received by base station antennas. Attitudes (such as horizontal azimuth and vertical mechanical tilt angle) of the base station antennas are critical to wireless communication networks and may affect the coverage of the base station antennas. Thus, in the process of mounting and employing the base station antennas, it is often necessary to adjust the attitudes of the base station antennas to enable the coverage of the base station antennas up to standard.
With the rapid development of the wireless communication networks (for example, 4G and 5G networks), in some cases, several base station antennas of the same or different types need to be mounted together to accomplish different functions. These base station antennas of the same or different types may also need to cooperate with each other, so it is desirable that their attitudes (especially mechanical tilt angles) can be adjusted synchronously during use. However, in the prior art, these base station antennas are either directly fixed to a user's support pole with their attitudes unable to be adjusted, or these base station antennas' attitudes cannot be adjusted synchronously. Therefore, there is a need for improving the prior art.
One object of the present disclosure is to provide a multi-antenna mounting device and/or a multi-antenna assembly capable of overcoming at least one drawback in the prior art.
In the first aspect of the present disclosure, a multi-antenna mounting device is provided. The multi-antenna mounting device enables mechanical tilt angles of two or more antennas to be synchronously adjusted and comprises: a mounting member to which the two or more antennas are fixable with one or more fixing mechanisms respectively to form a multi-antenna assembly; and a tilt angle adjusting mechanism including an upper adjusting component and a lower adjusting component spaced apart from each other along a length direction of the mounting member. The upper adjusting component is provided with a plurality of tilt angle adjusting holes arranged in a row, one end of the upper adjusting component is connectable to the mounting member, and the other end of the upper adjusting component is connectable to a user's support pole with a fastening element extending through one of the tilt angle adjusting holes, when the fastening element extends through different tilt angle adjusting holes, the multi-antenna assembly has different mechanical tilt angles relative to the support pole. The lower adjusting component includes a first section being connectable to the mounting member and a second section being connectable to the support pole, the second section has a predetermined length and the first section is pivotable relative to the second section, so that the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly is adjustable between a predetermined negative tilt and a predetermined positive tilt.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the upper adjusting component of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism is configured as a plate-shaped component.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the upper adjusting component of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism is configured as a bearing component for the multi-antenna assembly.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one end of the upper adjusting component of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism is pivotably connectable to the mounting member.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one end of the upper adjusting component of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism is provided with an arc-shaped slot, and another fastening element is capable of being located at different positions in the arc-shaped slot under different mechanical tilt angles, so as to accommodate to the inclination of the upper adjusting component caused by the different mechanical tilt angles.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, both the first section and the second section of the lower adjusting component of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism have a predetermined length.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly is adjustable between −5° and +5°.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting member is configured as an elongated element having a circular, oval, square, polygonal, or irregular shape in cross section.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fixing mechanism is configured to include a clamping assembly having a front clamp and a rear semi-body, and inner surfaces of the front clamp and the rear clamp are configured to cooperate with each other so that the mounting member is fixable in the clamping assembly.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of saw teeth are provided on the inner surfaces of the front clamp and the rear semi-body.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the clamping assembly includes at least two front clamp bolt holes passing through the front clamp and at least two rear clamp bolt holes passing through the rear semi-body, and at least two bolts extend through the front clamp bolt holes and the rear clamp bolt holes respectively to fix the mounting member in the clamping assembly.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fixing mechanism further includes an antenna connecting element, and the antenna is connectable to the mounting member with the antenna connecting element.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting member is configured as an elongated element having a cross-section which is in the shape of “L”, “H”, “T” or flat plate.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fixing mechanism is configured as a bolt-and-nut assembly.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the two or more antennas are arranged in a stacked manner along the length direction of the mounting member.
In the second aspect of the present disclosure, a multi-antenna mounting device is provided. The multi-antenna mounting device enables mechanical tilt angles of two or more antennas to be synchronously adjusted comprises: a mounting member to which the two or more antennas are fixable with one or more fixing mechanisms respectively to form a multi-antenna assembly; and a tilt angle adjusting mechanism including an upper adjusting component and a lower adjusting component spaced apart from each other along a length direction of the mounting member. The upper adjusting component includes first and second members, wherein one of the first and second members is provided with a plurality of tilt angle adjusting holes arranged in a row, wherein one end of the first member of upper adjusting component is connectable to the mounting member, and one end of the second member of the upper adjusting component is connectable to a user's support pole, and wherein a fastening element extends through one of the tilt angle adjusting holes, each of the tilt angle adjusting holes corresponding to a different mechanical tilt angle relative to the support pole. The lower adjusting component includes a first section being connectable to the mounting member and a second section being connectable to the support pole, the second section has a predetermined length and the first section is pivotable relative to the second section, so that the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly is adjustable between a predetermined negative tilt and a predetermined positive tilt.
In the third aspect of the present disclosure, a multi-antenna assembly is provided. The multi-antenna assembly comprises: a multi-antenna mounting device according to the present disclosure; and two or more antennas fixed to the multi-antenna mounting device.
It is to be noted that, various aspects of the present disclosure described with respect to one embodiment, although not specifically described with respect to other different embodiments, may be incorporated into the other different embodiments. In other words, all embodiments and/or features in any embodiment may be combined in any manner and/or combination, as long as they do not contradict each other.
After reading the embodiments below in combination with the drawings, a plurality of aspects of the present disclosure will be better understood. In the drawings:
It is to be understood that like numbers refer to like elements throughout. In the drawings, for the sake of clarity, the sizes of certain features may be modified and may not be drawn to scale.
The present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings, in which several embodiments of the present disclosure are shown. However, it is to be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments that are described herein. In fact, the embodiments described hereinafter are intended to make a more complete disclosure of the present disclosure and to adequately explain the scope of the present disclosure to a person skilled in the art. It should also be understood that, the embodiments disclosed herein can be combined in various ways to provide more additional embodiments.
It should be understood that, the wording in the specification is only used for describing particular embodiments and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. All the terms as used herein (including technical and scientific terms) have the meanings as normally understood by a person skilled in the art, unless otherwise defined. For the sake of conciseness and/or clarity, well-known functions or constructions may not be described in detail.
The singular forms “a/an” and “the” as used in the specification, unless clearly indicated, all contain the plural forms. The wordings “comprising”, “encompassing” and “containing” used in the specification indicate the presence of the claimed features, but do not repel the presence of one or more other features. The wording “and/or” as used in the specification includes any and all combinations of one or more of the relevant items listed.
As used herein, phrases such as “between X and Y” and “between about X and Y” should be interpreted to include X and Y. As used herein, phrases such as “between about X and Y” mean “between about X and about Y”. As used herein, phrases such as “from about X to Y” mean “from about X to about Y.”
When an element is referred to as being “on”, “attached” to, “connected” to, “coupled” with, “contacting”, etc., another element, it can be directly on, attached to, connected to, coupled with or contacting the other element or intervening elements may also be present.
In the specification, words describing spatial relationships such as “up”, “down”, “above”, “below”, “top”, “bottom” and the like may describe a relation of one feature to another feature in the drawings. It should be understood that these terms also encompass different orientations of the apparatus in use or operation, in addition to encompassing the orientations shown in the drawings. For example, when the apparatus shown in the drawings is turned over, the features previously described as being “below” other features may be described to be “above” other features at this time. The apparatus may also be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the relative spatial relationships will be correspondingly altered.
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The mounting member 100 and the fixing mechanism 150 may have a variety of configurations as required. In the embodiment shown in
In other embodiments according to the present disclosure, the mounting member 100 may be configured as an elongated element having a cross-section which is in the shape of “L”, “H”, “T”, flat plate, or the like, as illustrated in
The mounting element 110 may also have a variety of structures. In the embodiment shown in
The tilt angle adjusting mechanism 200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to
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According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the tilt angle adjusting mechanism 200 is configured such that the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly 300 and thus of the two or more antennas 101 and 102 can be adjusted between −5° and +5°. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the tilt angle adjusting mechanism 200 may also be configured such that the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly 300 and thus of the two or more antennas 101 and 102 can be adjusted in other ranges, such as in −3°˜+3°, −4°˜+4°, −6°˜+6°, −8°˜+8°, −5°˜+8°, −3°˜+8°, −8°˜+3°, −8°˜+5°, etc.
When adjusting the mechanical tilt angle, a technician may only release the end of the upper adjusting component 201 that is in connection with the support pole 103, and then move the upper adjusting component 201 away or towards the support pole 103 to select the desired mechanical tilt angle. When the upper adjusting component 201 is moved to a desired position, the fastening element 211 is allowed to extend through corresponding tilt angle adjusting holes 210 and to connect the upper adjusting component 201 with the user's support pole 103. In order to facilitate adjustment, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the end of the upper adjusting component 201 that is in connection with the mounting member 100 may be configured to be pivotably connected to the mounting member 100. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the end of the upper adjusting component 201 that is in connection with the mounting member 100 may be provided with an arc-shaped slot 212, and the corresponding fastening element may be located at different positions in the arc-shaped slot 212 under different mechanical tilt angles, so as to accommodate to the possible inclination of the upper adjusting component 201 that may be caused by the different mechanical tilt angles. The upper adjusting component 201 and the lower adjusting component 202 of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism 200 may be connected to the mounting member 100 and the user's support pole 103 by means of fixing mechanisms (such as the fixing mechanism 150). These fixing mechanisms may be formed as parts of the upper adjusting component 201 or the lower adjusting component 202 of the tilt angle adjusting mechanism 200. For example, the upper adjusting component 201 may include a plate provided with the tilt angle adjusting holes 210 and a fixing mechanism connected to the plate.
With two or more antennas being fixed to a mounting member to form a multi-antenna assembly and the mechanical tilt angle of the multi-antenna assembly being adjusted by a tilt angle adjusting mechanism according to the present disclosure, the multi-antenna mounting device according to the present disclosure achieves the synchronous adjustment of the mechanical tilt angles of two or more antennas. With the upper adjusting component also serving as a bearing component to make it have both adjusting and bearing functions, the tilt angle adjusting mechanism according to the present disclosure has a greatly simplified structure, and thus saves the costs, and makes the mounting and adjusting processes become easier. In addition, with the lower adjusting component being configured to include a first section and a second section pivotable relative to each other and with the length of at least the second section being selectable, the tilt angle adjusting mechanism according to the present disclosure achieves adjustment of the mechanical tilt angle between a range from a predetermined negative tilt angle to a predetermined positive tilt angle.
Exemplary embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it shall be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. All such variations and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this disclosure as defined in the claims. The present disclosure is defined by the accompanying claims, and equivalents of these claims are also included.
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