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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
P. Thomas Watson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A portable alignment device for orienting an antenna in a desired azimuth orientation and methods for orienting an antenna in a desired azimuth orientation. In one embodiment, the device comprises a portable motor unit that is removably affixed to a portion of the antenna such as a portion of the antenna mounting bracket. A gear assembly is clamped to a portion of a mast to which the antenna mounting bracket is attached. The gear assembly is in meshing engagement with a driver gear attached to the motor's output shaft. By powering the motor, the antenna is pivoted about the mast until it is moved to a desired azimuth orientation. After the antenna has been oriented to a desired orientation and locked in that orientation, the portable motor unit is removed from the antenna and the gear assembly is removed from the mast to permit those devices to be used to orient other antennas.