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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1978
David T Carolus, Dayton, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A telescoping vehicle radio antenna connector to permit the removal of the upper telescoping sections from the lower stationary section. A bearing member and stop ring are removably connected, by a retainer, to the stationary section at the upper end thereof to limit the upward movement of the lowermost telescoping section relative to the stationary section. The retainer has a resilient collar and depending arms having tabs formed thereon which tabs engage slots in the stationary section to maintain the telescoping and stationary sections of the antenna as a unit. The retainer can be rotated in one direction so that the tabs will be cammed out of the slots to permit removal of the telescoping section from the stationary section.