US 11,955,696 B2
Housing and antenna architecture for mobile device
Kevin M. Froese, San Francisco, CA (US); Paul U. Leutheuser, Saratoga, CA (US); Martin J. Auclair, Campbell, CA (US); Christopher J. Durning, Cupertino, CA (US); Jun Ham, Cupertino, CA (US); Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US); Sawyer I. Cohen, Menlo Park, CA (US); Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US); and Donald J. Parr, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,255.
Application 17/480,255 is a continuation of application No. 16/142,285, filed on Sep. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,258,163.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,237, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006176 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/30 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 5/30 (2015.01); H04M 1/0283 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0208 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile phone, comprising:
a display;
a front cover positioned over the display;
a rear cover positioned behind the display;
a multi-segment housing positioned between and electrically insulated from the front cover and the rear cover, the multi-segment housing comprising:
a first segment defining a first corner and a first portion of a first side of the multi-segment housing, the first segment operable as a first antenna;
a second segment defining a second corner, a second portion of the first side, and a first portion of a second side, the second segment operable as a second antenna;
a first conductive segment defining a third portion of the first side;
a first non-conductive segment positioned between the first segment and the first conductive segment and defining a fourth portion of the first side;
a second non-conductive segment positioned between the second segment and the first conductive segment and defining a fifth portion of the first side; and
a third non-conductive segment defining a second portion of the second side.