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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Bradley J. Hamel, San Carlos, CA (US);

Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Joel D. Barrera, San Jose, CA (US);

Nicholas A. Rundle, San Jose, CA (US);

Nikolaos Chiotellis, Campbell, CA (US);

Simon S. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01); F16M 11/10 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01); H05K 1/0243 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device such as a desktop computer may have a housing with a conductive housing wall and a display mounted to the housing opposite the conductive housing wall. A conductive tongue may extend through an opening in the housing wall to secure the housing to a hinge barrel on a desktop stand. A slot antenna may be formed from a slot element in the conductive tongue. The antenna may be fed by a flexible printed circuit coupled across the slot element or by a feed printed circuit in the housing that is coupled to the conductive tongue by a conductive screw. A conductive sleeve may be placed over the conductive tongue. The stand may be replaced with a mounting bracket.


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