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Mobile wireless communications device comprising a satellite positioning system antenna and electrically conductive director element therefor

US7239270B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2005
Grant dateJul 3, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49133
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable housing and connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver. Further, at least one electrically conductive director element may be carried by the portable housing in spaced apart relation from the antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof.

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