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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Boon Hoong Ooi, Kedah, MY;
David Mcclintock, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Boon Hoong Ooi, Kedah, MY;
David McClintock, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic device having a housing with a shroud locator socket. There is a retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element passing through an aperture of the shroud locator socket, the retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element being electrically connected to an electrical circuit located in the housing and being movable from a fully retracted position when substantially located in the housing to a fully extended position when substantially protruding outside the housing. An end cap is located on a free end of the retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element and there is a shroud having transverse ribs that are transverse to a longitudinal axis (X) of the retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element. The shroud covers a protected length (L) of the retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element proximal to the end cap. The shroud extends and tapers away from the end cap towards the shroud locator socket and the shroud operatively engages the shroud locator socket when the retractable elongate radio frequency radiating element is in the fully retracted position.