US 10,854,954 B2 · Hybrid antenna for a personal electronic device

Abstract

A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing. A hybrid antenna is also described herein. The hybrid antenna can include first and second flexible members capable of facilitating wireless communication, where the first and second flexible members are affixed to one another via a metal member.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a housing having a rear wall and sidewalls extending around a periphery of the rear wall, wherein the sidewalls comprise a plastic sidewall and the housing comprises a conductive member attached to an interior surface of the plastic sidewall;
an antenna comprising:
a first flex circuit having a first planar portion located at a first distance from the rear wall,
a second flex circuit having a second planar portion located at a second distance from the rear wall, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, and
a metal member that couples the first planar portion of the first flex circuit to the second planar portion of the second flex circuit;
and
an additional antenna that includes the conductive member.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/994,853Filed 31 May 2018 · continuation

Priority

6 Sep 2013

Published

US 2018/0277936 A127 Sep 2018

Granted

1 Dec 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01Q 1/243
Specially adapted for hand-held use: with built-in antennas
H01Q 1/085
Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof: flexible aerials; Whip aerials with a resilient base
H01Q 1/44
Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g.…
Y10T 29/49016
Electrical device making: antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making

Hybrid antenna for a personal electronic device

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Hybrid antenna for a personal electronic device

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Abstract

Claims13