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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Vitaly Grossman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert D Cross, Sterling Hts., MI (US);
Richard A. Close, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A boot for an antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes an antenna mast having an antenna mast nut attached thereto, a tubular housing extending through an aperture in an automobile body, and a center conductor having a threaded stud attached at one end thereto received by the housing. The antenna mast nut is attached to the threaded stud, and an isolator is disposed between the housing and the center conductor. The boot includes a disk-shaped base member having a cylindrical recess and a first diameter formed from a lower surface thereof and a cylinder-shaped projection extending upwardly from an upper surface of the base member. The projection includes a bore having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter formed therethrough. The base member is operable to seal an upper surface of the isolator, a side surface of the isolator and an outer surface of the housing. The projection is operable to seal an outer surface of the center conductor.