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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin M. Froese, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul U. Leutheuser, Saratoga, CA (US);
Martin J. Auclair, Campbell, CA (US);
Christopher J. Durning, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Ham, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sawyer I. Cohen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.