US 12,255,390 B2
Microphone antenna for wireless microphone applications
Mark Allen Kenkel, Schaumburg, IL (US); and Charles V. Wiseman, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,195.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,433, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060856 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 9/42 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/44 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A wireless microphone comprising an antenna, wherein the antenna comprises:
a first electrically conductive element of the antenna that is a component of the wireless microphone; and
a second electrically conductive element supporting a second feature of the wireless microphone that comprises at least a part of an electrically conductive grille of the wireless microphone, wherein the grille is configured to operate as an active component of the antenna.