Patent ID: 6157350
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: H01Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An antenna latching mechanism for a utility comprising:a housing assembly having an antenna coupled thereto;a mating utility part designed to be attached to the utility;a collar formed on the utility part and a mating stem designed to rotatably fit within the collar and formed on the housing assembly, the collar and stem defining an opening therethrough, and a ridge formed in the opening on the collar;a plurality of flexible fingers each having an outwardly projecting cam surface formed on a cover and positioned to extend through the opening with the stem coaxially positioned in the collar, with the cam surfaces of the flexible fingers engaging an opposed surface of the ridge in a releasable assembled orientation; anda plurality of spaced apart detent notches defined in the stem and a mating flexible detent finger formed in the collar to engage a selected one of the detent notches and provide a plurality of stable axial positions of the housing assembly relative to the mating utility part.