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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Gary H. Stout, Farmington, UT (US);
Ryan A. Kunz, Roy, UT (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A generally planer antenna structure for connecting to a transceiver is provided with the antenna structure having a printed circuit board including a radiating element etched or fabricated thereon. The printed circuit board and radiating element are thereafter encapsulated within an overmolded sheath which provides a protective enclosure for the antenna elements while maintaining the desirable thin profile of the generally planer antenna structure. The antenna structure is created by forming a printed circuit board having the overall general desirable dimensions and affixing thereto a radiating element capable of propagating and receiving the desirable frequency spectrum. The printed circuit board and radiating element are insert injection molded to form the overmolded sheath thereabout. A portion of the printed circuit board having an interface connector for the transceiver is enclosed using a multi-piece housing.