Patents Assigned to Avnet, Incorporated
  • Patent number: 4214247
    Abstract: A tunable fiberglass whip antenna comprises an elongated fiberglass core having a conductive wire coiled around the core and serving as the antenna. The uppermost extremity of the wire is tightly coiled around an axial bore within the fiberglass. A metal insert, fixed within the fiberglass bore is in threaded engagement with a set screw accessible from the top of the antenna. By adjusting the longitudinal position of the set screw relative to the tightly wound wire at the end of the antenna, the inductive coupling between the coil and screw is varied to thereby change the effective length of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: Avnet, Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas A. Richmond