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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:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Mohammed Abdul-Gaffoor, Palatine, IL (US);
Joseph L Allore, Mundelein, IL (US);
Joshua D Boerman, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Ugur Olgun, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abu T Sayem, Gurnee, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 21/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enhanced portable communication device includes a one-piece metal back plate with integral antennas. The one-piece metal back plate includes four integral antennas in an embodiment, forming an antenna pair at each end of the device. A printed circuit board (PCB) of the device is configured to drive one or more of the antennas capacitivly or, in an embodiment, via a direct feed.