US 11,888,220 B2
Base station antennas having bottom end caps with angled connector ports
Peter J. Bisiules, LaGrange Park, IL (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/207,942.
Application 17/207,942 is a continuation of application No. 16/612,249, granted, now 10,985,454, previously published as PCT/US2018/016340, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,068, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0210845 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 21/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/52 (2011.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/42 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/08 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); H01Q 25/00 (2013.01); H01R 24/52 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01R 2201/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station antenna that extends along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
a radome having a bottom opening;
an antenna assembly within the radome;
a bottom end cap covering the bottom opening of the radome, the bottom end cap including a plurality of connector receptacles; and
a plurality of connectors mounted to extend through the bottom end cap, wherein a first subset of the connectors are mounted to extend at an oblique angle with respect to a first plane defined by a bottom surface of the bottom end cap.