Method and apparatus for mounting and coupling radio devices

US10419072B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Aldo Adriazola · Readington, US
• Mitchell Harvey Fuchs · Toms River, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Brandon Pimm · Manalapan, US
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Robert Roman · Red Bank, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B2203/5466
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a communication device with a support structure having first and second annular contacts formed on an outer surface thereof, a first radio device having a first inner surface of a first housing opening with a third contact, and a second radio device having a second inner surface of a second housing opening with a fourth contact. The support structure is positioned in and passes through the first and second housing openings thereby positioning the first and second radio devices in a stacked arrangement, and, when in the stacked arrangement, the first and third contacts are aligned and the second and fourth contact are aligned to provide a coupling between the first and second radio devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.