Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Corner bracket slot antennas
- Patent Title (中): 角支架插槽天线
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Application No.: US13462268Application Date: 2012-05-02
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Publication No.: US09318793B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: Jiang Zhu , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Miroslav Samardzija , Gordon Coutts , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Yi Jiang , Boon W. Shiu , Salih Yarga , Emily B. McMilin , Ruben Caballero
- Applicant: Jiang Zhu , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Miroslav Samardzija , Gordon Coutts , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Yi Jiang , Boon W. Shiu , Salih Yarga , Emily B. McMilin , Ruben Caballero
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H01Q13/10
- IPC: H01Q13/10 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/44

Abstract:
A display cover layer may be mounted in an electronic device housing using housing structures such as corner brackets. A slot antenna may be formed from a corner bracket opening, metal traces on a hollow plastic support structure, or other conductive structures. The slot antenna may have a main portion with opposing ends. An antenna feed may be located at one of the ends. The slot antenna may have a slot with one or more bends. The bends may provide the slot antenna with a C-shaped outline. A side branch slot may extend from the main portion of the slot at a location between the two bends. The presence of the side branch slot may enhance antenna bandwidth. A hollow enclosure may serve as an antenna support structure and as a speaker box enclosing a speaker driver. The antenna feed may be positioned so as to overlap the speaker driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130293424A1 Corner Bracket Slot Antennas Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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