US 11,777,196 B1
Apparatus and methods for wireless communications antenna included within a wearable electronic device
Robert J. Blake, Purchase, NY (US); Stephen L. Snyder, Bedford, MA (US); Shiann S. Yamin, Warren, NJ (US); and Jonathan R. Bensamoun, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Barking Labs Corp., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Barking Labs Corp., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/54,808.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/273 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion of the housing including an antenna element;
a printed circuit board (PCB);
a metal frame having a first coupler and a second coupler, the PCB being disposed between and not conductively coupled to the housing and the metal frame, the PCB conductively coupled to the antenna element; and
a band having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the band being conductively coupled to the metal frame when removably coupled to the first coupler of the metal frame, the second end portion of the band being conductively coupled to the metal frame when removably coupled to the second coupler of the metal frame,
the antenna element, the metal frame, the first end portion of the band and the second end portion of the band collectively defining an antenna having an antenna profile when the antenna is operational,
the antenna having a first peak magnitude when the antenna is operational, when the first end portion of the band is removably coupled to the first coupler of the metal frame, and when the second end portion of the band is removably coupled to the second coupler of the metal frame,
the antenna having a second peak magnitude when the antenna is operational, when the first end portion of the band is not coupled to the first coupler of the metal frame, and when the second end portion of the band is not coupled to the second coupler of the metal frame, the first peak magnitude being different from the second peak magnitude.