US 11,990,696 B2
Plug-in device
Chad W. Bohlmann, Oak Park, IL (US); Emad S. Isaac, Downers Grove, IL (US); Nathan Link, Chicago, IL (US); David Tibbetts, Schaumburg, IL (US); Brad Hanson, Chicago, IL (US); and Ryan Satterlee, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/015,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,916, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0143565 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 12/58 (2011.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01R 12/52 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/58 (2013.01) [H01R 12/523 (2013.01); H01R 12/7023 (2013.01); H01R 12/7076 (2013.01); H01R 12/735 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/02 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug-in device comprising:
a base having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough;
a first PCB having a first surface defining a first plane, and a plurality of pins connected to and extending outwardly from the first surface, each pin being received in one of the plurality of apertures of the base;
a bracket securing the first PCB to the base;
a second PCB secured to the bracket, extending outwardly from the first PCB and defining a second plane, the second plane being at an acute angle with respect to the first plane;
an antenna housing secured to the bracket and the second PCB and including at least a first antenna; and
a cover releasably secured to the base.