Patent ID: 6542127
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A boot for an antenna assembly, the antenna assembly including an antenna mast having an antenna mast nut attached thereto, a tubular housing, a center conductor received by the housing, the center conductor having a threaded stud attached at one end thereto, the antenna mast nut threadably attached to the threaded stud, and an isolator disposed between the housing and the center conductor, said boot comprising:a disk-shaped base member having a cylindrical recess formed from a lower surface thereof, the recess having a first diameter; and a cylinder-shaped projection extending upwardly from an upper surface of said base member, said projection having a bore formed therethrough, the bore having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; whereby when said boot is installed in the antenna assembly, said base member is operable to seal an upper surface of the isolator, a side surface of the isolator and an outer surface of the housing, and said projection is operable to seal an exterior surface of the center conductor.