US 11,862,839 B2
Mount for coupling an antenna alignment device to an antenna with non-planar external surface
Raleigh Benton Stelle, IV, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Adam Woolsey, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to Viavi Solutions Inc., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by Viavi Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,747.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163442 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/12 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/125 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mount configured to couple an antenna alignment device to an antenna, the mount comprising:
a strap configured to engage with an external surface of the antenna and maintain a coupling between the antenna alignment device and the external surface of the antenna; and
a strap base, that the strap is connected to, comprising a canted wall, being canted at a non-perpendicular angle with other walls of the strap base, the canted wall being configured to form an engagement contact with a corresponding portion of the external surface of the antenna,
the engagement contact comprising a single line of contact formed by an abutment of an edge of the canted wall with the corresponding portion of the external surface of the antenna.