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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:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Yihong Qi, St. Agatha, CA;
Ying Tong Man, Waterloo, CA;
Krystyna Bandurska, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing having an interior and comprising a removable panel providing access to the interior, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The device may further include an antenna connected to the PCB and carried by the bottom portion of the PCB, and at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element secured to the removable panel.