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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2000
Stephen C. Fenwick, Mountain View, CA (US);
Art Astrin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas J. Birnbaum, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Rick Mariano, Hayward, CA (US);
Frank Fangonilo, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna plate that defines an interior surface. The antenna plate includes a boss that extends from the interior surface of the antenna plate and a feed point. The antenna assembly also includes a ground plate that defines an interior surface. The ground plate includes a probe channel and a boss. Both the probe channel and the boss each extends from the interior surface of the ground plate. The ground plate boss is coupled to the antenna plate boss. The antenna assembly also includes a probe feed having a ground wire coupled to the probe channel and a conductor wire coupled to the feed point.