US 11,870,139 B2
Stamped antenna molding technique
Duane S. Carper, Davison, MI (US); Gregg R. Kittinger, Oakland Township, MI (US); Zachary Robert Plotzke, Washington, MI (US); and Nahel Eshaq, Rochester, MI (US)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,543.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238690 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/088 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1214 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H05K 1/182 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling an antenna, comprising:
disposing a circuit board within a housing, the housing having a passage formed therethrough;
coupling an antenna element to the circuit board by passing the antenna element through the passage, the antenna element including a plug in direct contact with sidewalls of a communication portion of the antenna element, the antenna element further including a connector extending directly from a bottommost end of the communication portion, the connector insertable into a mounting slot of the circuit board, wherein the antenna element and the plug are wholly removable through the passage of the housing; and
filling an annular volume between the antenna element and the passage with the plug.