US 12,142,819 B2
Electronic device housing with integrated antenna
Melody L Kuna, Palo Alto, CA (US); Carlo Catalano, Capitola, CA (US); Lee B. Hamstra, Mountain View, CA (US); Ross Errett, Cupertino, CA (US); Devin Williams, Cupertino, CA (US); Florence W. Ow, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Alex Chung Lap Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US); and Carli Oster, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/212,134.
Application 18/212,134 is a continuation of application No. 17/848,214, filed on Jun. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,720,149.
Application 17/848,214 is a continuation of application No. 16/903,110, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,379,010, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Application 16/903,110 is a continuation of application No. 16/183,591, filed on Nov. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,705,570, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,227, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333600 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2258 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display configured to produce graphical outputs;
a cover positioned over the display and defining a front side of the electronic device;
a housing member coupled to the cover and enclosing the display, the housing member formed from a monolithic metal structure defining:
a back wall defining a first portion of a back side of the electronic device; and
a continuous channel formed into the back wall and having:
a first channel segment extending parallel to a first lateral side of the housing member;
a second channel segment extending parallel to a top side of the housing member; and
a third channel segment extending parallel to a second lateral side of the housing member, wherein a first portion of the continuous channel is defined by a slot extending through the back wall and a second portion of the continuous channel is defined by a blind recess; and
a molded element positioned in the continuous channel and defining a second portion of the back side of the electronic device.