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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter A Dvorak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric W Bates, San Jose, CA (US);
Mckinley Mcquaide, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ronald Lam, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ana Papio Toda, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiren Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Han Wang, Campbell, CA (US);
Yuan Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jack R Lanzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jingni Zhong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having a segment that forms a resonating element for an antenna. A speaker may be mounted to a mid-chassis of the electronic device. A printed circuit may be mounted to the speaker and may have a ground trace for the antenna. A conductive spring may extend through the printed circuit and the speaker to couple the ground trace to the mid-chassis. A conductive contact pad may be welded to an aluminum layer such as an aluminum layer used to form the mid-chassis. A conductive spring such as the conductive spring coupled to the ground traces may press against the contact pad. The contact pad may include gold or nickel-plated stainless steel. The contact pad may provide a strong electrical connection between the conductive spring and the aluminum layer.