US 12,474,013 B2
Communication apparatus and bracket structure thereof
Lan-Chun Yang, Hsinchu (TW); Chun-Wei Wang, Hsinchu (TW); and Bo-Yen Chen, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to WISTRON NEWEB CORP., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Wistron NeWeb Corp., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,913.
Claims priority of application No. 112100836 (TW), filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0230019 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 11/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/10 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/1228 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
a communication device, comprising a device housing and a connection unit, wherein the device housing comprises a housing surface, and the connection unit is disposed on the housing surface; and
a bracket structure, wherein the communication device is connected to the bracket structure, and the bracket structure comprises:
a first bracket, rotatably connected to the connection unit, wherein the communication device is adapted to be rotated around a first axis relative to the first bracket, and the first axis is perpendicular to the housing surface; and
a second bracket, rotatably connected to the first bracket, wherein the first bracket is adapted to be rotated around a second axis relative to the second bracket, and the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis,
wherein the connection unit comprises a joint element, the first bracket comprises a first slot, and the joint element passes through the slot and is adapted to slide along the first slot,
wherein the first bracket further comprises an insertion slot, the insertion slot communicates with the first slot, and the joint element is adapted to enter the first slot via the insertion slot,
wherein the first bracket further comprises a stopper, the stopper corresponds to the insertion slot, and when the joint element has been inserted into the insertion slot, the joint element is adapted to be stopped by the stopper in a first direction, the joint element is adapted to be moved from the insertion slot to the first slot in a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction,
wherein the bracket structure further comprises a plurality of fasteners, the first bracket comprises a plurality of fastening portions, the device housing comprises a plurality of fastening holes, and each fastener passes through the corresponding fastening portion and connects the corresponding fastening hole to affix the communication device to the first bracket,
wherein the insertion slot comprises an insertion area and a connection area, the connection area connects the insertion area and the first slot, the stopper corresponds to the insertion area, and a width of the connection area is tapered in the second direction.
 
8. A bracket structure, adapted to be connected to a device, comprising:
a first bracket, wherein a first slot, an insertion slot and a stopper are formed on the first bracket, the insertion slot is communicated with the first slot, the insertion slot comprises an insertion are and a connection area, the connection area connects the insertion area and the first slot, the stopper corresponds to the insertion area, and the stopper is located behind a plane where the insertion slot is formed;
a second bracket, rotatably connected to the first bracket, wherein the first bracket is adapted to be rotated around a second axis relative to the second bracket, and the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis; and
a binding tie, wherein the binding tie is adapted to be telescoped on a pillar, the binding tie is connected to the second bracket, the second bracket is adapted to be rotated around a third axis relative to the pillar, the third axis is perpendicular to the second axis, and the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis.