US 11,720,149 B2
Electronic device housing with integrated antenna
Melody L. Kuna, Palo Alto, CA (US); Carlo Catalano, Capitola, CA (US); Lee B. Hamstra, Mountain View, CA (US); Ross Errett, Cupertino, CA (US); Devin Williams, Cupertino, CA (US); Florence W. Ow, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Alex Chung Lap Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US); and Carli Oster, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/848,214.
Application 17/848,214 is a continuation of application No. 16/903,110, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,379,010.
Application 16/903,110 is a continuation of application No. 16/183,591, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,705,570, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,227, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317740 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2258 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a main housing portion defining:
a portion of a back surface of the housing;
a first portion of a first side surface of the housing; and
a first portion of a second side surface of the housing; and
a u-shaped housing portion comprising a first metal housing segment and a second metal housing segment and defining:
a top side surface of the housing;
a second portion of the first side surface of the housing; and
a second portion of the second side surface of the housing; and
a molded polymer element positioned between the main housing portion and the u-shaped housing portion and extending along the first side surface of the housing, the back surface of the housing, and the second side surface of the housing;
a cover coupled to the housing; and
a display positioned below the cover and configured to produce graphical outputs visible through the cover.