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US 7,612,726 · App. 12/167,170 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Mobile wireless communications device comprising a top-mounted auxiliary input/output device and a bottom-mounted antenna

Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
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Patent No.
US 7,612,726
App. No.
12/167,170
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the dielectric substrate, and an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. The device may further include a user input interface carried by the housing and connected to the circuitry, and at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. An antenna may also be carried within the lower portion of the housing comprising a pattern of conductive traces on the dielectric substrate.

Claims (43)

1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion;

an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said housing;

a user input interface device carried by said housing;

at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of said housing; and

a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon.

2. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna comprises:

a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of said main loop conductor;

a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of said main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point; and

a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of said main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point.

3. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 2 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna further comprises a tuning branch conductor connected to said main loop conductor between the first ends of said first and second branches.

4. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna.

5. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna.

6. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector.

7. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer.

8. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a static housing having an upper portion and a lower portion;

an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said static housing;

a user input interface device carried by said static housing;

at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of said static housing; and

a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said static housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon.

9. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna comprises:

a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of said main loop conductor;

a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of said main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point;

a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of said main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point; and

a tuning branch conductor having a first end connected to said main loop conductor between the first ends of said first and second branches.

10. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna.

11. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna.

12. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector.

13. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer.

14. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:

providing a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the housing, and a user input interface device carried by the housing;

positioning at least one auxiliary input/output device within the upper portion of the housing; and

positioning a multi-frequency band antenna within the lower portion of the housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein positioning the multi-frequency band antenna comprises:

forming a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor;

forming a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point;

forming a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point; and

forming a tuning branch conductor having a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the first ends of the first and second branches.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2014
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
To: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 034500/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2014
From: QI, YIHONG; MAN, YING TONG; JARMUSZEWSKI, PERRY
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034190/0854 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Reel/Frame 029216/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2012
From: MOTOROLA, INC.
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
Reel/Frame 027935/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2010
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: MOTOROLA, INC.
Reel/Frame 024794/0427 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 1142216500 · Jun 5, 2006
Continuation 1104226900 · Jan 25, 2005
Provisional Application 6057615900 · Jun 2, 2004
Provisional Application 6057663700 · Jun 3, 2004
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