APPARATUS FOR FOLDING COMBAT VEHICLE ANTENNA Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H01Q1/20 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus for folding a combat vehicle antenna has an antenna with a shock-absorber, a cap and a tail mounted on a rigidly fastened ring. The shock-absorber is in form of a conical spring, one end of which is attached to the tail and the other to the cap; the tail is bolted to the ring rigidly attached to a rotating platform which is provided with a journal with an opening accommodating the cylindrical protrusion of a supporting arm, bolted to the chassis of the combat vehicle; the other end of the journal is fitted into the opening of a connecting pipe fastened to the chassis of the combat vehicle, and there is a latch spring on the rotating platform.

EFFECT: high reliability of the apparatus.

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