Patent ID: 7338316

Claim:
A device for mounting a roof antenna on a vehicle body and for coupling cables through a hole in the body with the roof antenna, the device comprising: a base plate outside the body connected with the roof antenna at the hole in the vehicle body; a connector mount inside the vehicle body at the hole of the vehicle body and formed with a hole; a screw connection and a spring extending from the base plate through the hole in the vehicle body and the hole in the connector and securing the base plate to the connector mount; body plugs and/or sockets mounted or formed on the connector mount and provided on ends of the cables; and complementary antenna sockets and/or plugs for the connector mount and provided on the base plate, the antenna sockets and/or plugs being connected with electrical or electronic components of the roof antenna so that the connector mount is connectable before, during, or after mounting of the antenna with the complementary antenna plugs and/or sockets.