Housing and antenna architecture for mobile device

US11258163B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kevin M. Froese · San Francisco, US
• Paul U. Leutheuser · Saratoga, US
• Martin J. Auclair · Cupertino, US
• Christopher J. Durning · Cupertino, US
• Jun Ham · San Jose, US
• Lucy E. Browning · San Francisco, US
• Sawyer I. Cohen · Sunnyvale, US
• Richard Hung Minh Dinh · San Jose, US
• Donald J. Parr · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K5/10
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.