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- Patent Title: Electronic device housing with integrated antenna
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Application No.: US17544837Application Date: 2021-12-07
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Publication No.: US11769940B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Nicholas A. Renda , Carlo Catalano , Chen Wang , David R. Cramer , Kellen M. Atom , Lindsay D. Corbet , Melody L. Kuna , Robert J. Durand , Stephanie L. Ternullo , Sunita Venkatesh , Suvrat Lele , Wang Chung Alston Cheung
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/24
- IPC: H01Q1/24 ; G06F1/16 ; H01Q13/10 ; H01Q1/42

Abstract:
An electronic device includes a display, and a housing at least partially surrounding the display and comprising a first housing member defining a first portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device and a second housing member defining a second portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device and configured to function as an antenna. The electronic device also includes a joining structure positioned between the first housing member and the second housing member including a reinforcement plate and a molded element at least partially encapsulating the reinforcement plate and engaged with the first housing member and the second housing member, thereby retaining the first housing member to the second housing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230072518A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2023-03-09
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