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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Dingliang Wen, Shenzhen, CN;
Yuan Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Junying Liu, Shanghai, CN;
Lu Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Yiren Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tao Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nikolaj P Kammersgaard, Copenhagen, DK;
Erda Wen, San Diego, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hongfei Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Carlo Di Nallo, Belmont, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aditya Gupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Elisabeth A Lang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures, a rear wall, and a vent that includes a conductive cowling. The device may include an antenna having an antenna arm coupled to a positive antenna feed terminal and having a parasitic element. The parasitic element may be formed from a conductive trace that is layered onto the rear wall, that is indirectly fed by the antenna arm, and that overlaps a portion of the conductive cowling. The parasitic element may be shorted to a conductive bracket on the rear wall or may be separated from the bracket by a gap. If desired, the conductive cowling may form some or all of a parasitic element for the antenna. The conductive cowling may be indirectly fed by the conductive trace and/or may include an extension that is indirectly fed by the antenna arm.