IP Library Granted Patent US 8,456,376
Granted Patent B2
US 8,456,376 · App. 13/004,039 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Position adjustment device and satellite antenna thereof

Inventors: Lan-Chun Yang (Hsinchu, TW); Shun-Chung Kuo (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,456,376
App. No.
13/004,039
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A position adjustment device for a satellite antenna includes a holder fixed on a supporting arm of the satellite antenna, and an axis rotation bracket disposed to the holder. The holder has a first connecting part. The axis rotation bracket rotates around a focal axis of the satellite antenna and comprises a bracket body where a low noise block down-converter with integrated feed (LNBF) of the satellite antenna is fixed, an arc slot disposed to the bracket body wherein a circular center thereof is on the focal axis, and a first positioning element passing through the first connecting part and the arc slot, for connecting the axis rotation bracket to the holder, and positioning the holder and the axis rotation bracket along the arc slot relatively.

Claims (47)

1. A position adjustment device for a satellite antenna, comprising:

a holder, fixed on a supporting arm of the satellite antenna, comprising:

a first connecting part; and

an axis rotation bracket, disposed on the holder, rotating around a focal axis of the satellite antenna, comprising:

a bracket body, wherein a low noise block down-converter with integrated feed (LNBF) of the satellite antenna is fixed on the bracket body;

an arc slot, disposed in the bracket body, wherein a circular center thereof is on the focal axis; and

a first positioning element, passing through the first connecting part and the arc slot, for connecting the axis rotation bracket to the holder, and positioning the holder and the axis rotation bracket along the arc slot relatively.

2. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the LNBF is disposed on the focal axis.

3. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the supporting arm and the holder are a monocoque construction.

4. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the axis rotation bracket further comprises:

a sliding slot, disposed in the bracket body; and

a sliding base, disposed in the bracket base, slidable along the sliding slot, for fixing the LNBF on the bracket body.

5. The position adjustment device of claim 4 , wherein the sliding base comprises:

an upper bracket;

a sliding body, for fixing the LNBF cooperatively with the upper bracket;

a fourth connecting part, disposed on the sliding body; and

a second positioning element, passing through the fourth connecting part and the sliding slot, for connecting the sliding base to the bracket body, and positioning the sliding base and the bracket body along the sliding slot relatively.

6. The position adjustment device of claim 4 , wherein the sliding base slides along a direction vertical to the focal axis in the sliding slot.

7. The position adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the first positioning element slides along the arc slot to position the holder and the axis rotation bracket relatively.

8. The position adjustment device of claim 7 , wherein the axis rotation bracket rotates around the focal axis when the first positioning element slides along the arc slot.

9. A satellite antenna, comprising:

a satellite dish, comprising:

a focal axis;

a low noise block down-converter with integrated feed (LNBF);

a supporting arm; and

a position adjustment device, comprising:

a holder, fixed on the supporting arm, comprising:

a first connecting part; and

an axis rotation bracket disposed on the holder, rotating around a focal axis of the satellite antenna, comprising:

a bracket body, wherein the LNBF is fixed on the bracket body;

an arc slot, disposed in the bracket body, wherein a circular center thereof is on the focal axis; and

a first positioning element, passing through the first connecting part and the arc slot, for connecting the axis rotation bracket to the holder, and positioning the holder and the axis rotation bracket along the arc slot relatively.

10. The satellite antenna of claim 9 , wherein the LNBF is disposed on the focal axis.

11. The satellite antenna of claim 9 , wherein the holder further comprises a fixing element for connecting the holder to the supporting arm.

12. The satellite antenna of claim 11 , wherein the holder further comprises a second connecting part, wherein the fixing element passes through the second connecting part and a third connecting part of the supporting arm, to connect the holder to the support arm.

13. The satellite antenna of claim 9 , wherein the supporting arm and the holder are a monocoque construction.

14. The satellite antenna of claim 9 , wherein the axis rotation bracket further comprises:

a sliding slot, disposed in the bracket body; and

a sliding base, disposed on the bracket body, slidable along the sliding slot, for fixing the LNBF on the bracket body.

15. The satellite antenna of claim 14 , wherein the sliding base comprises:

an upper bracket;

a sliding body, for fixing the LNBF cooperatively with the upper bracket;

a fourth connecting part, disposed on the sliding body; and

a second positioning element, passing through the fourth connecting part and the sliding slot, for connecting the sliding base to the bracket base, and positioning the sliding base and the bracket body along the sliding slot relatively.

16. The satellite antenna of claim 14 , wherein the sliding base slides along a direction vertical to the focal axis in the sliding slot.

17. The satellite antenna of claim 9 , wherein the first positioning element slides along the arc slot to position the holder and the axis rotation bracket relatively.

18. The satellite antenna of claim 17 , wherein the axis rotation bracket rotates around the focal axis when the first positioning element slides along the arc slot.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2011
From: YANG, LAN-CHUN; KUO, SHUN-CHUNG
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025615/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99133592 A · Oct 1, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120081263A1 · Apr 5, 2012