Patent Publication Number: US-10320434-B2

Title: CB radio system

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119(e) of U.S. Provisional application 62/600,453 filed on Feb. 22, 2017. 
    
    
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to radio devices and more particularly pertains to a new radio device for increasing effective range of a citizens band radio. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a wireless communication network. A citizens band radio is provided and the citizens band radio is positioned within a vehicle. The citizens band radio has a plurality of standing wave ratios programmed therein. An antenna is provided and the antenna is coupled to an outer surface of the vehicle and the antenna is electrically coupled to the citizens band radio. Moreover, the antenna is tunable to operate on a selected one of the standing wave ratios. The antenna is placed in selective electrical communication with the wireless communication network thereby increasing an effective range of the citizens band radio. A microphone is positioned within the vehicle thereby facilitating the microphone to detect spoken commands. The microphone is electrically coupled to the citizens band radio such that the microphone controls operational parameters of the citizens band radio. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a citizens band radio of a CB radio system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is perspective view of an antenna of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new radio device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the CB radio system  10  generally comprises a wireless communication network  12 , such as a cellular phone network or the like. A citizens band radio  14  is provided and the citizens band radio  14  is within a vehicle  16 , such as a semi tractor or the like. Additionally, the citizens band radio  14  has a plurality of standing wave ratios programmed therein. 
     The citizens band radio  14  comprises a housing  18  that is positioned within the vehicle  16  and a control circuit  20  that is positioned within the housing  18 . The control circuit  20  is electrically coupled to a power source  22  comprising an electrical system of the vehicle  16 . An electronic memory  24  is positioned within the housing  18  and the electronic memory  24  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  20 . The electronic memory  24  stores data corresponding to a plurality of predetermined standing wave ratios. The standing wave ratios stored in the electronic memory  24  are determined by a manufacturer of the citizens band radio  14  and the standing wave ratios correspond to a the performance requirements of an end-user of the citizens band radio  14 . Additionally, the electronic memory  24  stores data corresponding to a plurality of spoken commands. 
     A transceiver  26  is positioned within the housing  18  and the transceiver  26  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  20 . The transceiver  26  is programmable to operate on a selected one of the plurality of standing wave ratios stored in the electronic memory  24 . The transceiver  26  may be a radio frequency transceiver  26  or the like. Additionally, the transceiver  26  is capable of selectively and wirelessly communicating with the wireless communication network  12 . A display  28  is coupled to the housing  18  such that the display  28  is visible to a user. The display  28  is electrically coupled the control circuit  20  and the display  28  displays indicia corresponding to operational parameters of the control circuit  20 . The display  28  may be an LCD or the like. 
     An antenna  30  is provided and the antenna  30  is coupled to an outer surface of the vehicle  16 . The antenna  30  is electrically coupled to the citizens band radio  14  via a conductor or the like. Additionally, the antenna  30  is tunable to operate on a selected one of the standing wave ratios. The antenna  30  is placed in selective electrical communication with the wireless communication network  12  thereby increasing an effective range of the citizens band radio  14 . The antenna  30  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  20  and the antenna  30  may include a signal amplifier that has a maximum output power of 4.0 watts. In this way the antenna  30  conforms to transmission power laws with respect to citizen band radio. 
     A microphone  32  is positioned within the vehicle  16  thereby facilitating the microphone  32  to detect spoken commands. The microphone  32  is electrically coupled to the citizens band radio  14  such that the microphone  32  controls operational parameters of the citizens band radio  14 . Additionally, the microphone  32  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  20 . In this way the control circuit  20  responds to spoken commands that correspond to the spoken commands stored within the electronic memory  24 . 
     A signal analyzer  34  is provided and the signal analyzer  34  is positioned within the housing  18  and is electrically coupled to the control circuit  20 . The signal analyzer  34  analyzes a signal received by the antenna  30  from remote citizens band radio  14 . The control circuit  20  selects one of the standing wave ratios stored in the electronic memory  24  that will facilitate optimum two way communication with the remote citizens band radio  14 . Additionally, the transceiver  26  is placed in wireless communication with the wireless communication network  12  when the signal analyzer  34  determines that the remote citizens band radio  14  is too far away from the vehicle  16  for effective communication between the citizens band radio  14  in the vehicle  16  and the remote citizens band radio  14 . In this way the effective range of the citizens band radio  14  in the vehicle  16  is increased to at least 150.0 miles. 
     In use, the standing wave ratios are programmed into the electronic memory  24  during manufacture to be in accordance with the end user&#39;s operational requirements. The control circuit  20  selects one of the standing wave ratios for transmission that will maximize two way communications between the citizens band radio  14  in the vehicle  16  and the remote citizens band radio  14 . Additionally, the antenna  30  is tuned to operate on the selected standing wave ratio. The transceiver  26  is placed into wireless communication with the wireless communication network  12  when the signal analyzer  34  determines that the signal received from the remote citizens band radio  14  is too weak for effective communication. In this way the wireless communication network  12  is employed as a repeater for the citizens band radio  14  in the vehicle  16  and the remote citizens band radio  14 . Thus, the effective range of the citizens band radio  14  in the vehicle  16  is increased to at least 150.0 miles. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.