Andrew Corporation

Randall L Grigoletti

Ronald L Tellas

Hugh Robert Nudd

James R Gentile

John Williamson

Michael J Jobin

Brian E Clay

A surge protector connector comprises a surge protector having a front plate, a rear plate, and hollow cylindrical body bridging the front and rear plates. A coaxial cable connector interface extends from the front plate, and the connector interface is constructed and arranged to detachably engage with a mating coaxial cable connector at the end of a first coaxial cable. A cable attachment interface extends from the rear plate, and the cable attachment interface is constructed and arranged to attach directly to a prepared end of a second coaxial cable free of another coaxial cable connector interface. The surge protector connector further includes coaxial inner and outer conductors extending through the hollow cylindrical body and extending between the cable attachment interface and the coaxial cable connector interface. The surge protector includes a curvilinear quarter-wavelength shorting stub having a first portion extending in a generally radial direction from the inner conductor through a gap in the outer conductor and a second portion extending in a generally annular direction circumscribing the outer conductor between the outer conductor and the cylindrical body.

Surge protector connector

A hanger for attaching a length of a transmission line, such as, a coaxial cable or a waveguide to a supporting structure, such as, a crossbar on an antenna tower, includes two gripping elements. The elements have posts and openings to facilitate aligning of them with respect to each other. The posts and openings are arranged so that the posts in one element fit into the openings of the other element to help align the two elements when they are placed around a transmission line. Once aligned, the two elements are brought toward each other until they snap together to form a clamping structure which loosely grips the transmission line. The clamping structure can then be slid to the desired location on the transmission line. A bolt or a screw is then inserted through the aligned bolt or screw openings in the two elements and through the supporting structure. Finally, the bolt or screw is tightened to securely clamp the elements to the transmission line and to attach the resulting hanger to the supporting structure.

Transmission line hanger, a method of attaching the hanger and the

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Frankfort, IL, United States of America

Randall L Grigoletti