US 12,469,960 B2
Base station antennas
Joy Huang, Plano, TX (US); Haifeng Li, Richardson, TX (US); and Calvin Dickerson, Garland, TX (US)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,532.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/359,304, filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014545 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/246 (2013.01) [H01Q 15/0013 (2013.01); H01Q 15/14 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station antenna, comprising:
a base station antenna housing comprising a front radome and a rear;
a passive antenna assembly in the base station antenna housing;
a plurality of laterally extending struts that are longitudinally spaced apart inside the base station antenna housing, wherein at least some of the plurality of laterally extending struts comprise a forward arm extending laterally across the base station antenna; and
at least one reflector coupled to the forward arm,
wherein the at least some of the plurality of laterally extending struts each further comprises a rearward arm that extends laterally across the base station antenna and that is parallel to and resides behind the forward arm, with one or more of the at least one reflector positioned between the forward arm and the rearward arm.