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Granted Patent B2
US 12,609,436 · App. 18/389,274 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Antenna apparatus

Inventors: Duk Yong Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyo Sung Ji (Hwaseong-si, KR); Chi Back Ryu (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: KMW INC.
H01Q1/02H01Q1/42H05K7/20409
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Patent No.
US 12,609,436
App. No.
18/389,274
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus, particularly comprising: an antenna housing portion which has a predetermined installation space formed therein and is provided with a plurality of front heat dissipation fins protruding to at least one side of the front surface thereof; a main board which is stacked on the installation space of the antenna housing portion and has predetermined heating elements arranged on the front surface thereof, and is mounted to be in thermal contact with the front surface of the antenna housing portion provided with the plurality of front heat dissipation fins; a plurality of filters which form a predetermined layer in front of the main board, and are stacked in a middle portion except for the portion where the plurality of front heat dissipation fins are formed; an antenna element assembly including a plurality of radiation elements stacked in front of the plurality of filters; and an installation plate which is fixed to be in face-to-face contact with the rear surface of the antenna housing portion and services as a medium for the face-to-face installation on a perpendicularly arranged installation wall surface to thereby provide the advantage of the reducing the spatial constraints on the installation wall surface.

Claims (34)

1 . An antenna apparatus comprising:

an antenna housing part having a front surface on which a plurality of front heat dissipation fins are integrally formed;

an antenna element assembly stacked and disposed on the front surface of the antenna housing part, and disposed to be exposed to the front between the plurality of front heat dissipation fins formed on a left side part and a right side part of the antenna housing part;

a plurality of filters disposed on a rear part of the antenna element assembly, and disposed in an installation space inside the antenna housing part; and

an installation plate having a front surface fixed in surface contact with rear surfaces of the antenna housing parts and a rear surface installed in surface contact with an installation wall surface to mediate the installation of the antenna housing part,

wherein the antenna housing part comprises:

a front housing having a border end part protruding to the front as much as a front protrusion height of the plurality of front heat dissipation fins, and a front protrusion accommodation part formed thereon and configured to accommodate the plurality of filters and a plurality of antenna element assemblies therein; and

a rear housing disposed to cover an open rear surface of the front housing and configured to be in surface contact with a front surface of the installation plate.

2 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a radome combined with the border end part that is a front end of the front protrusion accommodation part of the front housing.

3 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of antenna assemblies comprise a shield panel disposed inside the front protrusion accommodation part, and disposed to shield front surfaces of the plurality of filters accommodated in the front protrusion accommodation part.

4 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front protrusion accommodation part is formed in the middle that is between the plurality of front heat dissipation fins provided in the two places, and is formed long in an up and down direction.

5 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of front heat dissipation fins are vertically formed long in an up and down direction, and are formed to be spaced apart for a predetermined distance from the adjacent front heat dissipation fins in a left and right direction.

6 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the installation plate is formed in the shape of a vertical panel that comes in surface contact with even the installation wall surface, and is made of a thermally conductive material.

7 . The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element mounted on the main board is mounted so that a front surface thereof comes in thermal surface contact with a rear surface thereof corresponding to an immediate rear of the plurality of front heat dissipation fins of the front housing.

8 . The antenna apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heating element mounted on the main board comprises a first heating element group disposed in the immediate rear of the left heat dissipation fins formed on a left side part among the plurality of front heat dissipation fins, and a second heating element group disposed in the immediate rear of the right heat dissipation fins formed on a right side part among the plurality of front heat dissipation fins; and

wherein on a rear part of the front housing, a plurality of heat transfer grooves corresponding to front protrusion shapes of the first heating element group and the second heating element group are integrally processed and formed.

9 . The antenna apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a PSU board is disposed on a lower part of the main board side by side, and

wherein a PSU related element mounted on the PSU board has a front surface that is disposed to be in close contact with a rear part of the front housing.

10 . An antenna apparatus comprising:

an antenna housing part having a predetermined installation space formed therein and provided with a plurality of front heat dissipation fins protruding to at least one side of a front surface thereof;

a main board stacked and disposed in the installation space of the antenna housing part, having predetermined heating elements mounted and disposed on a front surface thereof, and mounted to be in thermal contact with the front surface of the antenna housing part provided with the plurality of front heat dissipation fins;

a plurality of filters configured to form a predetermined layer in front of the main board and stacked and disposed on a middle portion excluding a place where the plurality of front heat dissipation fins are formed;

an antenna element assembly provided with a plurality of radiation elements stacked and disposed in front of the plurality of filters; and

an installation plate fixed to be in surface contact with a rear surface of the antenna housing part and configured to mediate a surface contact installation on a vertically disposed installation wall surface.

11 . An antenna apparatus comprising:

an antenna housing part having a predetermined installation space formed therein and provided with a plurality of front heat dissipation fins protruding from left and right side parts to the front around a middle portion of a front surface thereof, the plurality of front heat dissipation fins being divided into two places;

a main board stacked and disposed in the installation space of the antenna housing part, having predetermined heating elements mounted and disposed on a front surface thereof, and mounted to be in thermal contact with an inner surface of the antenna housing part provided with the plurality of front heat dissipation fins;

a plurality of filters configured to form a predetermined layer in front of the main board and stacked and disposed on a middle portion excluding the place where the plurality of front heat dissipation fins are formed;

an antenna element assembly provided with a plurality of radiation elements stacked and disposed on the front surface of the antenna housing part corresponding to the front of the plurality of filters; and

an installation plate fixed to be in surface contact with a rear surface of the antenna housing part and configured to mediate a surface contact installation on a vertically disposed installation wall surface.

12 . The antenna apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a front housing,

wherein at least one screw fastening hole is formed on the installation plate, and

wherein on a border of the front housing, a screw fastening end for fastening an assembly screw is formed at a location corresponding to the screw fastening hole.

13 . The antenna apparatus of claim 12 , wherein at the screw fastening end, a screw locking groove, which is locked in a gravity direction in a head part protruding in the front after the installation plate is fixed so that a rear surface thereof comes in surface contact with the installation wall surface by the assembly screw, is formed in a downwardly open “U” shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: KIM, DUK YONG; JI, KYO SUNG; RYU, CHI BACK
To: KMW INC.
Reel/Frame 065552/0831 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0062957 · May 14, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0058700 · May 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022006860 · May 13, 2022
Related Publication 20240079755A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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