Patent ID: 6486842
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A pivottable connection configuration of a retractable roof mounted antenna having an antenna rod and an antenna base for rotatably supporting the antenna rod, comprising:a joint portion provided to one end portion of the antenna rod, said joint portion having a cylindrical member with a bottom and a rotation axis orthogonal to an axis of the antenna rod, said cylindrical member having a first and second surfaces perpendicular to the rotation axis, the first surface having one of recess and convex portions for generating click resistance, the second surface having a terminal surface electrically connected to the antenna rod; a pair of supporting portions comprising a first and second supporting portions formed in an upper portion of the antenna base so as to surface each other, the first supporting portion having a through hole, the second supporting portion having a terminal portion electrically connected to the terminal surface of the joint portion on an inner surface facing to the through hole; and a click cylinder having one of convex and recess portions to be engaged with said one of the recess and convex portions of the first surface of the cylindrical member.