US 12,261,359 B2
Slip ring for an electronic device
Xiaofang Mu, San Jose, CA (US); Jorge L Rivera Espinoza, San Jose, CA (US); Bernd W Adler, San Jose, CA (US); Evan N Dvorak, San Francisco, CA (US); Samuel E Vinci, San Francisco, CA (US); and Shaohua Lin, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,311.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/408,722, filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097319 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01P 1/06 (2006.01); H01P 3/00 (2006.01); H01P 5/107 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/50 (2013.01) [H01P 1/067 (2013.01); H01P 3/00 (2013.01); H01P 5/107 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first set of antennas configured to transmit a signal;
a second set of antennas configured to receive the signal;
a slip ring disposed between the first set of antennas and the second set of antennas, the slip ring comprising:
a rotor;
a waveguide formed by an inner channel extending through the rotor and configured to guide the signal, wherein the rotor is configured to rotate relative to the first set of antennas and the second set of antennas; and
a housing, wherein the first set of antennas, the second set of antennas, and the slip ring are disposed within the housing.