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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ryan C. Perkins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Johan Avendal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carlo Di Nallo, Belmont, CA (US);
Jayesh Nath, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dimitrios Papantonis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Samuel B. Schaevitz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher M. Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A wirelessly locatable tag may include a first housing member defining a first exterior surface of the tag, a second housing member removably coupled to the first housing member and defining a second exterior surface of the tag, and an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly may include an antenna frame defining a top surface and a peripheral side surface, a first antenna on the antenna frame along the peripheral side surface and configured to communicate with the electronic device using a first wireless protocol, a second antenna on the antenna frame along the peripheral side surface and configured to send a localization signal to the electronic device using a second wireless protocol different than the first protocol, and a third antenna on the antenna frame along the top surface and configured to communicate with the electronic device via a third wireless protocol different than the first and second protocols.