US 12,278,417 B2
Apparatus for mounting a transceiver radio unit to a component of a cellular communication system
Brandon Raybern, Castle Rock, CO (US); and Richard Ripp, Jr., Castle Rock, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,610.
Application 18/184,610 is a continuation of application No. 17/223,514, filed on Apr. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,626,655.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,986, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0307815 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/1207 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/1264 (2013.01); H01Q 3/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A universal mounting apparatus to mount a transceiver radio unit to an antenna structure of a cellular communication system, the antenna structure having a guide rail system having channels defined therein, the universal mounting apparatus comprising:
a first mounting plate having an adjustment slot and one or more guides configured to slide within the channels defined in the guide rail system of the antenna structure;
a second mounting plate couplable to the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate comprising a plurality of openings arranged in a first pattern, wherein the first pattern is compatible with a plurality of different mounting fastener locations each corresponding to a plurality of different transceiver radio unit types; and
at least one adjustment fastener, wherein the at least one adjustment slot of the first mounting plate and at least one of the plurality of openings of the second mounting plate are configured to receive the at least one adjustment fastener, and wherein the at least one adjustment fastener is configured to prohibit slidable adjustment of the second mounting plate relative to the first mounting plate while the at least one adjustment fastener is tightened, and to facilitate slidable adjustment of the second mounting plate relative to the first mounting plate while the transceiver radio unit is coupled to the second mounting plate while the at least one adjustment fastener is not tightened.