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US 12,300,885 · App. 18/433,806 · Granted May 13, 2025

Small cell base station integrated with storefront sign

Inventors: Julian Colapietro (McKinney, TX); Charles John Mann (Omaha, NE); Michael Fabbri (Des Plaines, IL); Jeffrey Cook (Allen, TX)
Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
H01Q13/18G09F13/0413H01Q1/06H01Q1/1221H01Q1/1242H01Q1/38H01Q9/0407H01Q21/0087H01Q21/28
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,300,885
App. No.
18/433,806
Filed
Feb 6, 2024
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2845
USPC
343/721
Abstract

An assembly includes: a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings; an antenna; a radio residing in the cavity of the housing connected with the antenna; and a power source attached to the radio; wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings.

Claims (26)

1. An assembly, comprising:

(a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings;

(b) first and second antennas residing within the cavity of the housing;

(c) first and second radios residing in the cavity of the housing connected with, respectively, the first and second antennas; and

(d) a power source attached to the first and second radios;

wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings; and

wherein the first and second antennas are oriented in opposed directions that correspond to the opposed side walls;

wherein the housing is mounted to an illuminated sign of a storefront.

2. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the housing is mounted substantially perpendicularly to the storefront.

3. The assembly defined in claim 1 , further comprising an optical signal source attached to the radios.

4. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the first and second antennas are flat panel antennas.

5. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the floor is perforated.

6. The assembly defined in claim 1 , further comprising an exhaust fan located adjacent the rear wall of the housing.

7. An assembly, comprising:

(a) a housing comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a front wall, and opposed side walls that define a cavity, wherein the side walls include illuminable informational markings;

(b) first and second antennas residing n in the housing cavity;

(c) first and second radios residing in the cavity of the housing and connected with, respectively, the first and second antennas; and

(d) a power source attached to the first and second radios;

wherein the power source is employed to illuminate the informational markings;

wherein the housing is mounted substantially perpendicularly to an illuminated sign of a storefront via a bracket, the bracket being mounted to the rear wall of the housing; and

wherein an exhaust fan is mounted adjacent the rear wall of the housing.

8. The assembly defined in claim 7 , further comprising an optical signal source attached to the radios.

9. The assembly defined in claim 7 , wherein the first and second antennas are flat panel antennas.

10. The assembly defined in claim 7 , wherein the floor is perforated.

11. The assembly defined in claim 7 , further comprising at least one of a fiber optic splice tray, a circuit breaker, and a radio frequency combiner located in the housing.

12. The assembly defined in claim 7 , wherein the cavity of the housing is accessible through one of the side walls of the housing.