Patents by Inventor James Bartley Meehan

James Bartley Meehan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4115779
    Abstract: To electrically and mechanically connect an antenna to an automobile, a trunk-lid antenna mount includes: (1) a conductive pin that is connected to a printed circuit board at one of its ends and is spring loaded against the base of a pivotally mounted radiator at its other end, with the contacting portions of the base of the radiator and the pin being serrated so that the radiator can be pivoted to different positions by rotating it; (2) a ground strap that electrically contacts the printed circuit at one end and is riveted by a conductive rivet to a trunk-lid bracket at its other end, with an aperture between the two ends receiving the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, the inner conductor of which passes through the aperture and is connected to an eyelet in the printed circuit board; and (3) a mounting cap that includes the antenna base and the conductive pin and snaps onto the base of the antenna mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Instrumentation Specialties Company
    Inventors: Danny M. Dantzler, James Bartley Meehan, Wayne Fredrick Everman, Donald E. Fluent, Howard George Sachs