Antenna Mounting Bracket With Adjustable Fastening Assemblies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing antenna mounting devices for base station antennas on communication towers face challenges in ensuring uniform gaps and maintaining ideal relative positions due to non-uniformity and deformation, leading to deviations in antenna placement.
Innovation Solution
An antenna mounting device with a bracket having a central recess for the pole and adjustable fastening assemblies on connecting members, allowing precise positioning and secure attachment to the pole, ensuring accurate alignment of multiple antennas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two half rings are used to clamp the pole, then the antenna mounting device can be fixed to the pole, but the gaps between the half rings are non-uniform and the half rings deform during clamping, causing deviation in antenna positions
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is divided into multiple adjustable fastening assemblies that can be independently positioned. Each fastening assembly includes a fastening member and an adjusting member, allowing the bracket to be segmented into adjustable units that can accommodate pole variations without deforming, thus maintaining both fixing reliability and position precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening assemblies are designed to be adjustable along the bracket, transforming a static rigid structure into a dynamic adaptable one. This allows the mounting device to adapt to different pole diameters and positions, preventing deformation while maintaining uniform gaps and precise antenna positioning.
2Reliability
If gaps are reserved between the ends of the two half rings to ensure clamping, then the half rings can be fixed to the pole, but it is difficult to ensure uniformity of the gaps, leading to position deviation
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening assemblies can be adjusted along the bracket to accommodate variations in pole diameter and shape. This dynamic adjustment capability ensures that gaps remain uniform even when clamping, as each fastening assembly can be positioned to compensate for local variations, maintaining both clamping reliability and gap uniformity.
3Device complexity
If the bracket structure is simplified, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ability to adjust and compensate for position deviations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is segmented into multiple independent fastening assemblies, each with adjustment capabilities. This segmentation allows the structure to remain relatively simple while providing multiple points of adjustment, thereby maintaining low overall complexity while enhancing position adjustment capability and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
Each fastening assembly serves multiple functions: clamping the pole, maintaining uniform gaps, and enabling position adjustment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional complex components, keeping the overall device complexity low while providing comprehensive position adjustment capability.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an antenna mounting device configured to collectively mount a plurality of base station antennas on the same pole. The antenna mounting device comprises: a bracket (1) defining a central recess (4) in a mounted state, the central recess being configured such that the central recess (4) loosely receives the pole (3); a fastening device (2) configured to fasten the bracket (1) to the pole (3); and a plurality of connecting members (5), each of the connecting members being configured for connection with at least one of the plurality of base station antennas (6), and the connecting members having a predetermined relative position on the bracket. With such an antenna mounting device, the plurality of base station antennas can be mounted on the same pole at precise positions relative to each other.