US 12,334,627 B2
Base station antenna arrangement, base station antenna and antenna assembly for base station antenna
YueMin Li, Jiangsu (CN); Junfeng Yu, Jiangsu (CN); PuLiang Tang, Jiangsu (CN); Xun Zhang, Jiangsu (CN); Jian Liu, Jiangsu (CN); Xiaohua Tian, Jiangsu (CN); Hangsheng Wen, Jiangsu (CN); Nengbin Liu, Jiansu (CN); and Jiajia Ni, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,403.
Claims priority of application No. 202111149349.8 (CN), filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098188 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/246 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna assembly for base station antennas, where the antenna assembly comprises a reflector which has a longitudinal extent, a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, wherein, the reflector has a first longitudinal section residing in a first plane and a second longitudinal section residing in a second plane that is adjacent to the first longitudinal section, where the first plane is rearward of the second plane, wherein at least part of the first longitudinal section is longitudinally spaced apart from the second longitudinal section, and wherein the antenna assembly further comprises a first column of radiating elements mounted to extend forwardly of the first and second longitudinal sections and a second column of radiating elements mounted to extend forwardly of the first and second longitudinal sections at a position laterally spaced apart from the first column of radiating elements,
wherein the first longitudinal section is a longitudinal end section of the reflector that extends to a top end of the reflector and that extends for a longitudinal extent that is less than a longitudinal extent of the second longitudinal section.