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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Watsonville, CA (US);
Ming-Ju Tsai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yiren Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuan Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sidharath Jain, Redwood City, CA (US);
Haozhan Tian, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuancheng Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric W Bates, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter A Dvorak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Harlan S Dannenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rees S Parker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Obinna O Onyemepu, Campbell, CA (US);
Victor C Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Han Wang, Campbell, CA (US);
Hongfei Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit.