Universal RRU mounting assembly
An assembly for mounting one or more RRUs to a mounting structure includes: first and second mounting panels, each of the first and second mounting panels having a main body and a flange that extends generally perpendicularly to the main body, the main body including mounting apertures patterned for mounting of an RRU; a mounting foundation having side edges, each of the side edges having an open-ended slot; mounting members extending from the flanges away from the main body of each of the first and second mounting panels, the mounting members configured to enter the open-ended slots on the mounting foundation and slide therein, and fasteners cooperating with the mounting members to mount the mounting panel to the mounting foundation.
1. A remote radio unit (RRU) mounting assembly, the mounting assembly comprising:
a first clamp member having two first apertures therein;
a second clamp member having two second apertures therein;
first and second rods, wherein the first rod extends between one of the first apertures of the first clamp member and one of the second apertures of the second clamp member, and the second rod extends between another of the first apertures of the first clamp member and another of the second apertures of the second clamp member, the first and second rods interacting with the first and second clamp members to clamp into a mounting structure, the first and second rods being on opposite sides of the mounting structure;
a first mounting plate coupled directly to and extending outwardly from the first clamp member, the first mounting plate having a first plurality of apertures patterned for mounting a first RRU to the first mounting plate; and
a second mounting plate coupled directly to and extending outwardly from the first clamp member and parallel to the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate having a second plurality of apertures patterned for mounting a second RRU to the second mounting plate,
wherein the first mounting plate defines a first plane, and the second mounting plate defines a second plane, the first and second planes being parallel to an axis defined by the mounting structure and non-coplanar relative to each other.
2. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second clamp members are secured to a mounting structure via the first and second rods and a securing component that engages each rod.
3. The mounting assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second rods are threaded rods, and the securing components are nuts.
4. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second plurality of apertures are elongated slots, the elongated slots extending along a length of the first and second mounting plates, respectively, and in a first direction that is perpendicular to an axis defined by the mounting structure.
5. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate extend outwardly from the mounting structure in a first direction that is perpendicular to the axis defined by the mounting structure.
6. The mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting structure is sandwiched between the pair of clamping members.
7. A remote radio unit (RRU) mounting assembly, the mounting assembly comprising:
a first mounting foundation comprising a first pair of clamping members configured to be secured to a mounting structure;
a first mounting plate coupled directly to and extending outwardly from the first mounting foundation in a first direction that is perpendicular to an axis of the mounting structure, the first mounting plate having a first plurality of apertures patterned for mounting a first RRU to the first mounting plate; and
a second mounting plate coupled directly to and extending outwardly from the first mounting foundation in the first direction, and parallel to the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate having a second plurality of apertures patterned for mounting a second RRU to the second mounting plate;
a second mounting foundation comprising a second pair of clamping members configured to be secured to the mounting structure below the first mounting foundation;
a third mounting plate coupled to and extending outwardly from the second mounting foundation in the first direction, the third mounting plate having a third plurality of apertures patterned for mounting the first RRU to the third mounting plate; and
a fourth mounting plate coupled to and extending outwardly from the second mounting foundation in the first direction, and parallel to the third mounting plate, the fourth mounting plate having a fourth plurality of apertures patterned for mounting the second RRU to the fourth mounting plate,
wherein the first mounting plate defines a first plane, the second mounting plate defines a second plane, the third mounting plate defines a third plane, and the fourth mounting plate defines a fourth plane, the first, second, third, and fourth planes being parallel to an axis defined by the mounting structure, and
wherein at least two of the first, second, third, and fourth planes are non-coplanar relative to each other.
8. The mounting assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth plurality of apertures are elongated slots, the elongated slots extending along a length of the first, second, third and fourth mounting plates, respectively, and in the first direction.
9. The mounting assembly according to claim 7 , further comprising a first pair of rods extending between the first pair of clamping members, wherein the first pair of clamping members are secured to the mounting structure via the first pair of rods and a securing component that engages each rod.
10. The mounting assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the first mounting plate is substantially identical to the third mounting plate, and wherein the second mounting plate is substantially identical to the fourth mounting plate.