US 11,721,891 B2
Antenna having an internal cable tower and guides for precise cable placement and method for constructing the same
Jordan Ragos, Syracuse, NY (US); Karthik Janardhanan, Baldwinsville, NY (US); Evan C. Wayton, Tully, NY (US); and Mario Scalzo, Rome, NY (US)
Assigned to JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/642,777
Filed by John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056589
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/081042, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,786, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352626 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/50 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/1228 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H02G 3/32 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sector antenna comprising:
a base plate;
a cable tower mounting to the base plate and having an axis projecting normal to the base plate;
at least one antenna reflector mounting to the base plate and substantially parallel to the axis of the cable tower, the reflector including a plurality of electrical components operative to transmit and receive telecommunications signals in an arcuate sector of the antenna, the reflector having an inwardly facing surface opposing the cable tower and an outwardly facing surface disposed away from the cable tower; and
a cable guide plate interposing the cable tower and the reflector, the cable guide plate having apertures each providing a guide through which a conductor may pass for making an electrical connection to one of the electrical components along the outwardly-facing surface of the reflector.