US 12,422,787 B2
Conductive watch housing with slot antenna configuration
Abu T. Sayem, Overland Park, KS (US); and Tuan Quoc Phan, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed by Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,699.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/412,019, filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111255 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G04R 60/08 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G04B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC G04R 60/08 (2013.01) [G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G04B 37/0008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrist-worn electronic device comprising:
a lower housing including a lower surface and a side wall formed of electrically conductive material, the side wall having a top surface;
an upper housing opposing the lower housing, the upper housing including a bezel formed of an electrically conductive material, the bezel having a lower surface corresponding to the top surface of the side wall;
a plurality of bezel connectors, each bezel connector providing an electrical connection to the bezel;
a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna configured to receive a first GNSS wireless signal having a first frequency and to conduct a first location electronic signal having the first frequency, the first GNSS antenna formed by:
a first portion of a circumference of the bezel,
a first portion of a circumference of the side wall,
a first bezel connector positioned at a first end of the first portion of the circumference of the bezel and a first end of the first portion of the circumference of the side wall, and
a second bezel connector positioned at a second end of the first portion of the circumference of the bezel and a second end of the first portion of the circumference of the side wall;
a second GNSS antenna configured to receive a second GNSS wireless signal having a second frequency and to conduct a second location electronic signal having the second frequency, the second GNSS antenna formed by:
a second portion of the circumference of the bezel having a first end and an opposing second end,
a second portion of the circumference of the side wall having a first end and an opposing second end,
the first bezel connector, and
a third bezel connector positioned at the second end of the second portion of the circumference of the bezel and the second end of the second portion of the circumference of the side wall; and
a communication antenna configured to transmit and receive a communication wireless signal having a third frequency and to conduct a communication electronic signal having the third frequency, the communication antenna formed by:
a third portion of the circumference of the bezel partially overlapping with the second portion of the circumference of the bezel, the third portion of the circumference of the bezel having a first end and an opposing second end,
a third portion of the circumference of the side wall partially overlapping with the second portion of the circumference of the side wall, the third portion of the circumference of the side wall having a first end and an opposing second end,
the first bezel connector, and
a fourth bezel connector positioned at the second end of the third portion of the circumference of the bezel and the second end of the third portion of the circumference of the side wall.