Rotatable Antenna Mount With Clamp Bracket

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Solution Overview

Problem

Consumer television antennas face difficulties in maintaining optimal signal reception due to the challenge of adjusting and locking their position, orientation, and angle on mounting brackets without drilling or screwing into structures, which can damage the frame and require additional holes.

Innovation Solution

A rotatable antenna mount with a screw clamp adjuster and spring assembly allows for easy adjustment and locking of the antenna in multiple dimensions without the need for screws or drilling, using a mounting bracket that secures to a frame or structure via a U-shaped design and rotator brackets for two or three-dimensional tuning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If the antenna is locked with bolts and/or screws into the mounting bracket, then the position and orientation are fixed, but it becomes difficult to maintain position while locking and requires additional holes in the mounting structure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveantenna position stabilityVSAvoidease of locking antenna

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the traditional screw-and-hole mechanical fastening system with a clamp-based mechanical system. The mounting bracket uses a clamp that applies direct pressure to secure the antenna, eliminating the need for screws, bolts, and additional holes in the mounting structure. This substitution maintains stability while dramatically improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention extracts and removes the screws, bolts, and holes from the mounting process. By taking out these traditional fastening elements and replacing them with a clamp mechanism, the system achieves both stable antenna positioning and ease of operation without damaging the mounting structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Strength

If the mounting bracket is screwed into the frame or structure, then the bracket is securely mounted, but additional holes are created in the mounting structure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemounting bracket strengthVSAvoiddamage to mounting structure

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes the screw-fastening mechanical system with a clamp-based mechanical system. The mounting bracket is secured to the frame or structure through clamping action rather than penetration, eliminating holes while maintaining mounting strength through direct pressure and friction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention converts the potential harm of screw insertion (creating holes and damaging structure) into a beneficial clamp-based system. The clamp applies pressure that secures the bracket without penetration, turning the mounting process into a non-invasive operation that preserves the integrity of the mounting structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the antenna position and orientation are adjusted manually, then tuning is achieved, but maintaining position during locking is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveantenna tuning capabilityVSAvoidease of maintaining position

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the screw-locking mechanism with a clamp-based system that allows for easier position maintenance. The clamp can be adjusted to accommodate the antenna at its tuned position and then secured without requiring the user to hold the position against screw threads, making it significantly easier to maintain position during the locking process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables easy tuning and locking of antennas in multiple dimensions without damaging the structure, allowing for optimal signal reception without the need for tools or additional holes, providing a secure and adjustable mounting solution for consumer television antennas.

Implementation Method 1

The antenna rotation assembly also includes a spring assembly that at least partially compensates for the weight of the antenna and biases the antenna towards a particular orientation.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSpring: Spring

Data Source

PatentUS10476129B2Rotatable antenna mount

Publication Date: 2019.11.12 TALISMAN BRANDS INC

AI summary

A rotatable antenna mount for mounting an antenna to a structure includes a mounting bracket, an antenna rotation assembly and an antenna mounting pole. The mounting bracket includes a base and two sidewalls that together define an opening into which the structure is received. An adjustment clamp is inserted through one of the sidewalls of the base and mounts the mounting bracket to the structure situated within the space. The antenna mounting pole is mounted to the rotation assembly. The antenna rotation assembly is situated on the mounting bracket and includes at least two rotation brackets that are hingedly joined to one another so that the antenna mounting pole to which an antenna is mounted may be selectively moved in at least two dimensions.