Spring contact assemblies and sealed antenna base assemblies with grounding taps

摘要

An exemplary embodiment of an antenna assembly mountable to an antenna mount having a contact, generally includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a contact assembly configured to provide a solderless connection between at least one antenna element of the PCB and the contact when the antenna assembly is mounted to the antenna mount. Another exemplary embodiment of an antenna assembly generally includes a base and a housing configured to be coupled to the base such that an interior enclosure is cooperatively defined by the housing and base. The interior enclosure is configured for receiving a PCB and being sealed to thereby inhibit the ingress of water into the interior enclosure. One or more electrical grounding taps are configured for establishing at least a portion of an electrically-conductive grounding pathway from outside of or external to the interior enclosure and which extends into the interior enclosure.

主权项

1. A contact assembly suitable for providing a solderless connection between a contact of an antenna mount and a printed circuit board of an antenna assembly mountable to the antenna mount, the contact assembly comprising:
a body having an open end portion, a closed end portion, and spaced-apart portions extending outwardly from the closed end portion, the spaced-apart portions having holes therethrough and configured to be positioned about opposite sides of a printed circuit board for aligning the holes of the spaced-apart portions with a hole in the printed circuit board; a fastener configured to be positioned within the aligned holes of the spaced-apart portions of the body and printed circuit board for coupling the contact assembly to the printed circuit board; a contact member having an open end portion and closed end portion, the contact member coupled to the body such that the contact member is slidable at least partially within the open end portion of the body; and a biasing member disposed within the open end portions of the body and the contact member between the closed end portions of the body and the contact member, whereby the biasing member is operable for providing a biasing force for urging the contact member to slide relative to the body in a direction generally away from the closed end portion of the body when the biasing member is compressed between the closed end portions of the contact member and body.