US 12,407,092 B2
Electronic device having antennas in ventilation ducts
Joel D. Barrera, Cedar Park, TX (US); Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Michael J. Williams, Saratoga, CA (US); Daniel D. Hershey, San Francisco, CA (US); Zachary S. Chase, Portola Valley, CA (US); and Xuyao Shi, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/573,524.
Prior Publication US 2023/0223681 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/44 (2013.01) [H01Q 13/10 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first conductive housing wall;
a second conductive housing wall;
a substrate disposed between the first and second conductive housing walls, wherein the substrate includes
a first ventilation port opening,
a second ventilation port opening,
a rib that separates the first ventilation port opening from the second ventilation port opening, and
a notch having a closed end formed from a portion of the rib and an open end opposite the closed end; and
an antenna radiating element on the substrate and extending, through the notch, from the first ventilation port opening to the second ventilation port opening, wherein the antenna radiating element comprises a conductive trace on the portion of the rib that forms the closed end of the notch.