Patent · US Expired

Power antenna

US4742360A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1986
Grant dateMay 3, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/103
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automobile or like power operated radio antenna comprising a telescopic mast tube assembly fabricated of tough flexible polymeric material in tubular sections enclosing an inner metallic drive cable of helically coiled wire serving not only as the actuating cable for deployment of the antenna to and from an extended position but also as the conductive radio wave collector element.

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