IP Library Granted Patent US 10,879,581
Granted Patent B2
US 10,879,581 · App. 15/941,578 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Electronic device

Inventors: Wenlei Wang (Beijing, CN); Zhaowei Hu (Beijing, CN); Xiaozhun Shen (Beijing, CN); Dafei Mo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
H01Q1/2266H01Q1/2291H01Q1/243H01Q9/42H01Q21/28
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Patent No.
US 10,879,581
App. No.
15/941,578
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a rotating shaft structure connected to the first body and the second body. The rotating shaft structure includes a first shaft and a second shaft arranged opposite to each other and fixedly connected to the first body and the second body. The rotating shaft structure further includes an antenna radiator including a plurality of metal shafts electrically coupled to each other and provided in an interspace between the first shaft and the second shaft.

Claims (35)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first body;

a second body; and

a rotating shaft structure connected to the first body and the second body, wherein the rotating shaft structure includes:

a first shaft and a second shaft arranged opposite to each other and fixedly connected to the first body and the second body;

an antenna radiator including a plurality of metal shafts electrically coupled to each other and provided in an interspace between the first shaft and the second shaft and between the first body and the second body; and

one or more electrical connection structures, each of the one or more electrical connection structures being disposed directly between and electrically connecting two adjacent ones of the metal shafts,

wherein:

the one or more electrical connection structures are arranged in the interspace,

the two adjacent ones of the metal shafts are arranged along different lines, and

an effective length of the plurality of metal shafts is determined according to a number of the one or more electrical connection structures and a position of one of the one or more electrical connection structures connecting the two adjacent ones of the metal shafts, thereby adjusting a frequency range of an antenna signal received by the antenna radiator formed by the plurality of metal shafts.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein:

an effective length of the plurality of metal shafts is one-half of a preset wavelength within a working wavelength range of the antenna radiator.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an antenna-tuning component provided between at least one of the one or more electrical connection structures and at least one of the plurality of metal shafts connected to the at least one of the one or more electrical connection structures.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the antenna-tuning component is selected from the group consisting of an antenna switch, an adjustable capacitance, and an adjustable inductance.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the metal shafts are first metal shafts and the antenna radiator is a first antenna radiator, and

the rotating shaft structure further includes:

a second antenna radiator including a plurality of second metal shafts electrically coupled to each other and provided in the interspace between the first shaft and the second shaft.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein:

an effective length of the plurality of second metal shafts is one-half of a preset wavelength within a working wavelength range of the second antenna radiator.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein:

the one or more electrical connection structures are one or more first electrical connection structures, and

the rotating shaft structure further includes:

one or more second electrical connection structures, each of the one or more second electrical connection structures electrically connecting two adjacent ones of the second metal shafts.

8. The device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

an antenna-tuning component provided between at least one of the one or more second electrical connection structures and at least one of the plurality of second metal shafts connected to the at least one of the one or more second electrical connection structures.

9. The device according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first antenna radiator includes a Long Term Evolution (LTE) antenna and the second antenna radiator includes a wireless fidelity (WIFI) antenna.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the effective length of the plurality of metal shafts after being electrically coupled to each other is adjusted by adjusting at least a position of an electrical connection between one of the one or more electrical connection structures and one of the plurality of metal shafts connected to the one of the one or more electrical connection structures.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of the plurality of metal shafts includes a same length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2018
From: WANG, WENLEI; HU, ZHAOWEI; SHEN, XIAOZHUN; MO, DAFEI
To: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0524844 · Jun 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190006747A1 · Jan 3, 2019