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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A. Murray, Plantation, FL (US);
Donald W. Burnette, Sunrise, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 ;
Abstract
An antenna assembly (,) includes an antenna (,), antenna mounting base (,), and a radio housing (,). The antenna mounting base (,) includes a through-hole (,) and a snap beam (,). The antenna (,) is inserted into the mounting base (,) via the through-hole (,), and the mounting base snap fits into the radio housing (,) via the snap beam (,). The snap beam (,) operates as both a snap-fit feature for retaining the antenna mounting base within the housing ((,) and as a release mechanism for removing the antenna mounting base from the housing.