US 11,699,843 B2
Heat management in wireless electronic devices
Andrea Ashwood, Los Angeles, CA (US); Patrick Kusbel, Longmont, CO (US); Jun Lin, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Ugur Olgun, Venice, CA (US); Russell Douglas Patton, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, Downey, CA (US); and Stephen Andrew Steger, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,965.
Application 17/447,965 is a continuation of application No. 15/913,781, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,181,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/467,675, filed on Mar. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109230 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G02C 11/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G02C 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/273 (2013.01) [G02C 11/10 (2013.01); H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H05K 1/0203 (2013.01); H05K 1/0237 (2013.01); H05K 1/14 (2013.01); H05K 7/2039 (2013.01); G02C 5/22 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An eyewear device comprising:
an eyewear body comprising:
an eyewear frame defining one or more optical element holders for holding respective optical elements within view of a user when the eyewear device is worn; and
a pair of temples connected to the eyewear frame for supporting the eyewear frame in position during wear;
a driven antenna element incorporated in the eyewear frame;
a printed circuit board (PCB) that is housed by the device body and that carries on-board communication electronics coupled to the driven antenna element to communicate wireless signals via the driven antenna element, the PCB defining a PCB ground plane coupled to the communication electronics for co-operation with the driven antenna element in signal communication; and
a PCB extender comprising a conductor electrically connected to the PCB ground plane and projecting from the PCB for co-operation with the driven antenna element in signal communication, the PCB extender extending along an associated one of the pair of temples.