Qualcomm Incorporated

Ronald Gulino

Pamela L Martin

Daniel R Ervin

Mohammad Ali Tassoudji

A helical antenna having a radiator portion formed on a flexible substrate and a rigid substrate with a center feed element electrically connected to the radiator portion. The flexible substrate is supported by a support assembly with the radiator portion spaced substantially equidistant from the center feed element. The support assembly includes a first non-conductive member mounted to one surface of the rigid substrate at a first location, a second non-conductive member mounted to a second surface at the first location, a third non-conductive member mounted to the one surface at a second location spaced from the first location, and a fourth non-conductive member mounted to the second surface at the second location. A tool for assembling the helical antenna is provided having a base member with a plurality of elongated members mounted thereon substantially equidistant from each other and extending outwardly therefrom. A plurality of holes formed in the elongated members removably receive pins when in registration with holes in the flexible substrate. A rotatable tuning cap for fine tuning the antenna may be used having a plurality of tuning elements extending axially with the central antenna axis.

Helical antenna assembly and tool for assembling same

A wireless device has a main housing and an antenna housing rotatably mounted on the main housing for rotation between a first, stored position alongside the main housing and at least one operative position. The antenna housing has a tubular extension projecting away from the first axis. A telescoping antenna element is slidably mounted in the tubular extension for telescoping movement between a retracted position and a deployed position extending out of the tubular extension as the antenna housing rotates between the first and operative positions. A flexible member secures the antenna to a rotatable actuator within the antenna housing for pushing the antenna element back and forth between its two positions as the antenna housing is rotated.

Growing community of inventors

Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Ronald Gulino