US 11,888,211 B2
Communication assembly with extendable antenna
Padam Dhoj Swar, Clarksburg, MD (US); and Danial Rice, Frederick, MD (US)
Assigned to WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,911, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0344102 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/24 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/005 (2013.01); H01Q 1/10 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1235 (2013.01); H04B 1/082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a housing configured to be mounted on a vehicle;
a communication device that includes an antenna, the communication device disposed at least partially within the housing;
a mast that is extendable and supports the antenna, the mast mechanically coupled to the housing; and
one or more processors operably coupled to the mast, the one or more processors configured to generate a control signal to lower the mast and decrease a distance that the antenna extends from the housing in response to the one or more processors determining occurrence of a designated lower event,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the occurrence of the designated lower event by one or more of:
detecting that the vehicle is stationary,
determining that a wind speed exceeds a designated wind speed threshold, or
determining that a speed of the vehicle exceeds a designated vehicle speed threshold.