Patent ID: 7646355
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An enclosure comprising: a lower equipment housing comprising at least one mounting device for an electrical device, said lower equipment housing being substantially nonconductive and having a plurality of connections through a plurality of openings in a floor plate of said lower equipment housing, each of said plurality of said connections being through each of said plurality of openings of said floor plate; a ground reference plate mounted substantially horizontally and above said lower equipment housing and electrically connected with earth ground by a cable, said ground reference plate defining a substantially horizontal plane on the upper surface of said ground reference plate, said earth ground comprising a direct connection to the Earth, said ground reference plate being conductive; at least one antenna mounted above said ground reference plate, said at least one antenna connected to said electrical device through said ground reference plate; wherein said ground reference plate comprises a substantially flat portion beneath said at least one antenna, said flat portion having a plan area substantially larger than a plan area of said antenna.