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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Takeshi Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohhei Fujio, Tokyo, JP;
Brian Paul Gaucher, Brookfield, CT (US);
Peter Lee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Duixian Liu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kazuo Masuda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Usui, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Osamu Yamamoto, Kanagawa-Pre, JP;
Takeshi Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohhei Fujio, Tokyo, JP;
Brian Paul Gaucher, Brookfield, CT (US);
Peter Lee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Duixian Liu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kazuo Masuda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideyuki Usui, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Osamu Yamamoto, Kanagawa-Pre, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Antenna devices are provided comprising antenna structures encapsulated or molded into plastic covers of computing devices to enable wireless communication. For example, one or more antenna structures can be encasulated within, or molded into, a plastic display cover of a portable laptop computer. Embedded antenna designs can include various antenna types that are built using one or more wires or thin metallic strips encapsulated into plastic device covers. Insert/injection molding methods can be used to encapsulate antenna structures in plastic device covers during fabrication of the plastic device covers.