ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,735, issued on March 31, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication apparatus and structure for mounting communication equipment" was invented by Masatoshi Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting base (14) is fixed to an antenna (13) or an antenna bracket (15) for supporting the antenna (13). A baseband unit (11) and an RF unit (12) are fixed to the mounting base (14). The baseband unit (11) fixed to the mounting base (14) is disposed to face a back part (132) of the antenna (13) and to form a space between the back part (132) and the first enclosure (111). The RF unit (12) fixed to the mounting base...