Corner bracket slot antennas

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9318793
APP PUB NO 20130293424A1
SERIAL NO

13462268

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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.

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  • APPLE INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Caballero, Ruben San Jose, US 173 8195
Coutts, Gordon Sunnyvale, US 14 170
Gomez, Angulo Rodney A Sunnyvale, US 55 1031
Jiang, Yi Sunnyvale, US 283 3556
Li, Qingxiang Mountain View, US 69 2810
McMilin, Emily B Mountain View, US 4 127
Samardzija, Miroslav Mountain View, US 39 470
Schlub, Robert W Cupertino, US 178 8487
Shiu, Boon W San Jose, US 18 370
Yarga, Salih Sunnyvale, US 33 827
Zhu, Jiang Sunnyvale, US 246 2405

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