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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francisco X Gomez, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Antenna Company, Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ; H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343715 ; 343872 ; 343906 ;
Abstract
A self-adjusting antenna mounting assembly includes a protective base cap member which engages a vehicle antenna base and a contact extension cartridge. The contact cartridge includes a spring-biased hollow contact sleeve which biases the contact sleeve within a cavity so that it adjusts for varying lengths of contact pins which it engages. The contact sleeve has multiple arc-like segments which permit it to engage a contact pin of the antenna base, while not transferring any forces to it during installation.