IP Library Granted Patent US 10,062,963
Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,963 · App. 15/357,360 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Vertical electronic device with solid antenna bracket

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Patent No.
US 10,062,963
App. No.
15/357,360
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antenna bracket for electronic devices includes a solid bracket having an aperture formed therethrough. The solid antenna bracket has side walls that are rounded to a predetermined radius, and at least one antenna pocket positioned on said side walls. The antenna pocket receives and secures at least one antenna. The antenna bracket has a polygon shape that follows the contours of the electronic device housing.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing having exterior walls forming a polygon shape;

a solid antenna bracket, located underneath the exterior wall of the housing, having a top surface, walls and at least one aperture passing through the top surface;

at least one antenna pocket disposed on a wall of the antenna bracket, the at least one antenna pocket receiving and securing at least one antenna;

wherein antenna wires are routed through the at least one aperture.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the walls of said solid antenna bracket are rounded to a radius, said radius preventing impedance changes in an antenna wire connected to the at least one antenna.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one aperture comprises internal walls, and said internal walls have a radius as said rounded walls.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , further comprising at least one additional antenna pocket positioned on the internal wall of the at least one aperture.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the solid antenna bracket has flexible tabs for side impact protection.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a polygon shape of the antenna bracket follows a shape and a contour of exterior walls of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said top surface comprises a surface area that is larger than a surface area defined by the open area of said at least one aperture.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a housing having a bottom, side walls and a top defining an interior space, the housing having a polygon shape;

a solid antenna bracket having a top surface, walls and at least one aperture passing through the top surface, said solid antenna bracket having the same polygon shape as said housing such that the solid antenna bracket, when positioned in the interior space of the housing, follows same contours of the housing defined by the polygon shape, and wherein antenna wires are routed through the at least one aperture.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the solid antenna bracket further comprises at least one antenna pocket disposed on a wall of the antenna bracket, the at least one antenna pocket receiving and securing at least one antenna.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the walls of said solid antenna bracket are rounded to a radius, said radius preventing impedance changes in an antenna wire connected to the at least one antenna.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one aperture comprises internal walls, and said internal walls have a radius as said bracket rounded walls.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein said top surface of said antenna bracket comprises a surface area that is larger than a surface area defined by an open area defined by said at least one aperture.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising at least one additional antenna pocket positioned on the internal wall of the at least one aperture.

14. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein said solid antenna bracket is positioned within the interior space of the housing near the top thereof and includes flexible tabs for side impact protection.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a housing having a bottom, side walls and a top defining an interior space, the housing having a polygon shape;

a solid antenna bracket, located in the interior space, having a top surface, walls and at least one aperture passing through the top surface, said walls of said solid antenna bracket being rounded to a radius;

a plurality of antenna pockets disposed on at least one of the walls of the antenna bracket, each of the plurality of antenna pockets receiving and securing an antenna, said wall radius preventing impedance changes in antenna wires connected to the plurality of antenna pockets through the at least one aperture; and

flexible tabs mounted to the solid antenna bracket to provide side impact protection.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME FROM INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS TO INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 47332 FRAME: 511. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 066703/0509 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2018
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
Reel/Frame 047332/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2016
From: HUNT, MICKEY; DERNIER, WILLIAM P.; CRAIG, RANDY WAYNE; RITTER, DARIN BRADLEY; WILLIAMS, KEVIN M.; BARRY, MICHAEL FRANCIS; SO, JULIANNE LUNA
To: THOMSON LICENSING
Reel/Frame 040510/0369 →