Back to results
US 10,766,440 B2Granted
Electronic device including antenna using conductive member included in housing
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Bong Sung, Se Woong Kim, Su Min Yun, In Young Lee
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electronic device is provided and includes a housing surrounding the electronic device, a wireless communication circuit positioned in the housing to communicate with a vehicle, and a switch connected to one of a first electrical path or a second electrical path, wherein the first electrical path includes a first antenna element extending along a first portion of the housing and the second electrical path includes a second antenna element extending along a second portion of the housing.
Claims7
An electronic vehicular key device comprising:
- a housing surrounding the electronic device;
- a physical key retractable from the housing and electrically connected with an antenna element;
- the antenna element extending along a front surface of the housing and comprising a first point located at the antenna element;
- a switch selectively connecting a second point of the antenna element with a ground;
- and
- a wireless communication circuit positioned in the housing and electrically connected with the antenna element at the first point of the antenna element, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to:
- operate in a first state when the physical key is disposed in the housing, and
- operate in a second state when the physical key is exposed out of the housing.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.