US 12,034,200 B1
Integrated camera antenna
Umar Azad, San Jose, CA (US); Peter Eli Renner, San Jose, CA (US); Geng Ye, Union City, CA (US); Bruno Cendon Martin, Palo Alto, CA (US); Yizhi Xiong, Foster City, CA (US); Honghong Peng, Mountain View, CA (US); and Timothy Lee Droz, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,519.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01)
CPC H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a support structure configured to structurally support one or more system components;
a camera housing, affixed to the support structure, that houses one or more optical components for a camera;
an antenna is disposed on the camera housing; and
an antenna feed that electrically connects the antenna to a receiver or a transmitter, wherein:
the antenna is electrically connected to a flexible connector,
the flexible connector is grounded to a second flexible connector,
the antenna is electrically connected to the flexible connector,
the flexible connector is grounded to the second flexible connector and to one or more grounding pins, and
the grounding pins are grounded to one or more metal hinges.