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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Bluflux Rf Technologies, Llc, Lousiville, CO (US);
Benjamin Russell Wilmhoff, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew David Rowser, Boulder, CO (US);
BLUFLUX RF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for improving signal quality for a mobile electronic device and an apparatus embodying the method, comprising a protective case comprising a shell that encases at least a portion of the mobile electronic device; an external antenna assembly position-ably attached to the shell; a transmission line attached to the shell and electrically interconnected to the case antenna; and a near-field coupling device attached to the shell and having a feed port electrically interconnected to the transmission line, the near-field coupling device configured to near-field couple to a native antenna of the encased mobile electronic device to capture an electromagnetic signal generated by the native antenna of the mobile electronic device.