US 11,688,925 B2
Module for a cellular communications monopole
Richard Williams, Wylie, TX (US); Jignesh Patel, Plano, TX (US); and Ulrich Gienger, Fairview, TX (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/227,054.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,097, filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0320393 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H01Q 1/22 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/1221 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module for a base station monopole comprising:
a wall defining an interior space, the wall comprising an opening configured to receive electronic equipment and at least one vent opening positioned on the wall opposite the opening, the at least one vent opening in communication with the exterior of the module;
a reinforcement member secured to the wall, wherein the reinforcement member extends vertically, wherein the module has a longitudinal axis and the reinforcement member extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the reinforcement member extends beyond the at least one vent opening along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the reinforcement member includes a gap such that the reinforcement member is spaced apart from and not in contact with the wall, the gap laterally aligned with the at least one vent opening and extending for a height of the at least one vent opening with respect, to the longitudinal axis; and
a baffle supported adjacent the wall, the baffle having an intake opening and an exhaust opening in communication with the at least one vent opening, wherein the intake opening is laterally offset from the exhaust opening.