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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
James B. Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gregory N. Stephens, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Boon W. Shiu, San Jose, CA (US);
Shayan Malek, San Jose, CA (US);
Marwan Rammah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Scott A. Myers, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric N. Nyland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew D. Hill, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rasamy Phouthavong, Campbell, CA (US);
Benjamin Shane Bustle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of the disclosure relates to connectors for antenna feed assemblies and display coupling components of a mobile device. The flexible connectors can be configured with a flexible spring connector component that couples a mobile device antenna to a main logic board of the mobile device within a housing of the mobile device such that the flexible connector can withstand a drop event, while at the same providing for an in-line inductance as part of an antenna-defined design requirement. The display of the mobile device can be coupled to a housing of the mobile device using a pin-screw arrangement that allows the display to controllably shift in the X-direction and the Y-direction, while only being purposefully constrained in the Z-direction (with reference to a 3-dimensional graph having X, Y, and Z axes). This configuration can prevent the display from being pulled out of alignment during a drop event.