- Patent Title: Removable electronic device case with supplemental antenna element
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Application No.: US14477596Application Date: 2014-09-04
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Publication No.: US09634709B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: Hongfei Hu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Erdinc Irci
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- 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; Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00 ; H04B1/3888 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q9/42 ; H04M1/725

Abstract:
A removable case may receive an electronic device. A male connector in the case may mate with a female connector in the device. A battery in the case may supply power to the device through the male connector. The electronic device may have an antenna formed from peripheral conductive housing structures and an antenna ground. The case may have a supplemental antenna that restores antenna performance when the device is received within the case. The supplemental antenna may be formed from a monopole antenna resonating element coupled to the antenna ground through the power pin. The monopole element may have a portion that runs parallel to the peripheral conductive housing structures. During operation of the antenna in the electronic device, the supplemental antenna in the case may be indirectly fed by near-field coupling between the supplemental antenna and the antenna of the electronic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160072539A1 Removable Electronic Device Case With Supplemental Antenna Element Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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