US 11,837,771 B2
Telecommunication control units (TCUs) having contoured top surfaces to follow vehicle roof contours
Wassim Borchani, St. Louis, MO (US); Ayman Duzdar, St. Louis, MO (US); and Hasan Yasin, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to MOLEX CVS GRAND BLANC, LLC, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/254,306
Filed by MOLEX CVS GRAND BLANC, LLC, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/039321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/006127, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/700,011, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,739, filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0119316 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/1214 (2013.01) [B60R 11/0264 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0028 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. An antenna system comprising:
a telecommunication control unit configured for installation along an interior side of a vehicle body wall having a contour, the telecommunication control unit comprising a top surface contoured to match and/or correspond with the contour of the vehicle body wall, the telecommunication control unit having a first connector;
an antenna assembly configured to mount on an exterior side of the vehicle body wall, the antenna assembly having a second connector, wherein the telecommunication control unit and the antenna assembly are configured for installation along respective interior and exterior sides of a vehicle roof; and
the top surface has a curvature matching and/or corresponding with a curvature of the interior side of the vehicle roof such that the top surface is positionable substantially flush against the interior side of the vehicle roof substantially without any gap between the top surface and the interior side of the vehicle roof and the first connector mates with the second connector:
wherein:
the telecommunication control unit includes a support structure that includes a contoured portion that defines, at least in part, the top surface;
the support structure further comprises a flat portion disposed at least partially around a perimeter of the contoured portion; and
the flat portion of the support structure defines an opening in which the first connector is positioned.