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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. 08, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Melody L. Kuna, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Carlo Catalano, Capitola, CA (US);

Lee B. Hamstra, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ross Errett, Cupertino, CA (US);

Devin Williams, Cupertino, CA (US);

Florence W. Ow, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Alex Chung Lap Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US);

Carli Oster, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2258 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may include a display, a housing member at least partially surrounding the display and including a first segment defining a first portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device, a second segment defining a second portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device and configured to function as an antenna, and a bridge segment structurally and conductively coupling the first segment to the second segment. The electronic device may also include a molded element positioned between the first segment and the second segment and defining a third portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device.


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