Ventilated Support Pole Assembly for Concealed Antenna Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in installing multiple antenna devices on a single support pole while maintaining a compact design, managing complex wiring, and ensuring heat dissipation without external exposure, and are vulnerable to power failures.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional support pole assembly with a hollow pole body featuring antenna mounting grooves and ventilation panels for concealed wiring and heat dissipation, integrated with an uninterruptible power supply to ensure continuous operation during power outages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple antenna devices are installed on a single support pole, then space utilization is improved, but wiring complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple antenna devices are integrated into a single support pole structure, combining what would traditionally be separate installations into one unified system. This merging approach improves space utilization while the internal integration manages wiring complexity by providing dedicated pathways within the pole.
Solution Approach 2:
Antenna devices are nested within the support pole structure, with wiring channels and mounting grooves integrated inside the pole body. This nesting approach allows multiple devices to be housed compactly while maintaining organized internal wiring paths.
2Temperature
If antenna devices are installed with exposed heat sink fins, then heat dissipation is improved, but appearance aesthetics deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Heat sink fins are nested within the support pole structure rather than being externally exposed. The pole body encloses the heat dissipation components while maintaining thermal efficiency through internal convection channels and ventilation openings.
Solution Approach 2:
The potential aesthetic harm of exposed heat sink fins is converted into a benefit by integrating them within the pole's design. The ventilation openings required for heat dissipation are positioned and sized to maintain appearance while ensuring adequate thermal management.
3Ease of manufacture
If wiring is installed externally for multiple antenna devices, then installation ease is improved, but appearance aesthetics deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Wiring is nested within the support pole structure, with dedicated channels and grooves provided inside the pole body for cable routing. This internal wiring approach eliminates external wire exposure while maintaining installation accessibility through the pole's integrated pathways.
4Loss of energy
If power supply is interrupted during power failure, then power consumption is reduced, but operational reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system is integrated into the support pole to provide backup power before a complete power failure occurs. This beforehand cushioning ensures continuous operation of antenna devices during brief power outages, maintaining operational reliability without requiring excessive power consumption during normal operation.
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
The solution enhances appearance aesthetics, reduces management costs, improves operational reliability, and ensures efficient heat dissipation and power continuity for antenna devices.
Implementation Method 1
ventilation panels coupled to remaining regions of the antenna mounting grooves, the remaining regions being not occupied by the plurality of antenna devices, and having a plurality of ventilation holes formed thereon to ventilate an outdoor air into an inside of the pole body
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of heat sink fins provided for heat dissipation on rear parts of a plurality of antenna devices
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a multi-functional support pole assembly. In particular, the present invention provides the advantage of improving operational reliability as well as preventing deterioration of urban area appearance, by comprising: a pole body provided in a hollow form and having a plurality of antenna mounting grooves formed through cutting so as to be spaced apart at a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction such that a plurality of antenna devices can be installed in the circumferential direction; and ventilation panels which are attached to remaining portions of the antenna mounting grooves not occupied by the plurality of antenna devices, and have a plurality of ventilation holes for introducing external air into the interior of the pole body.