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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayesh Nath, Milpitas, CA (US);
Peter I. Bevelacqua, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jennifer M. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel W. Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jared M. Kole, San Jose, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Schlub, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing. A hybrid antenna is also described herein. The hybrid antenna can include first and second flexible members capable of facilitating wireless communication, where the first and second flexible members are affixed to one another via a metal member.