Patent ID: 9608315
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. In combination with a motor-vehicle roof having a lower roof face and an outer upper roof face and a throughgoing hole of a predetermined shape, an antenna comprising: a base plate adapted to rest on the upper roof face; a circuit board and antenna element on the base plate; a cover secured to the base plate and containing the board and antenna element with the base plate; a pivot pin projecting from the base plate and extending, when the base plate is resting on the upper roof face, downward through the hole; and a star handle having arms and of a shape capable of passing through is the hole only in a preinstallation position of the star handle relative to the hole, the star handle being pivotal, when the base plate is resting on the upper roof face and the arms are below the lower roof face, between the preinstallation position and a final installation position angularly offset therefrom with ends of the arms movable upward into engagement with the lower roof face around the hole.