Patent ID: 8599082

Claim:
A bracket assembly for mounting a wireless telemetry component proximate a rotating component of a combustion turbine engine, the wireless telemetry component including an RF transparent ceramic cover and the bracket assembly comprising: a first mounting bracket on a surface proximate the rotating component having a first and second bracket member spaced apart from one another disposed generally perpendicular to a direction of centrifugal forces generated by the rotating component and at least one of the first or second bracket members is inclined toward the other bracket and disposed at an acute angle relative to the surface proximate the rotating component; retention inserts operatively engaging the first and second bracket member and the RF transparent cover to secure the telemetry component to the bracket assembly to the surface proximate the component; and, wherein the RF transparent cover having an inclined side surface abutting a substantially planar surface the at least first or second inclined bracket member.