ANTENNAS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- an electronic device having a first coupling structure; and
a removable antenna having a second coupling structure that is coupled to the first coupling structure and having an antenna resonating element, wherein at least one of the first and second coupling structures comprises an elastic coupling structure, and wherein the removable antenna is configured to rotate into an extended position.
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Abstract
A removable antenna and a resilient antenna are provided for an electronic device such as a laptop computer. An antenna resonating element is mounted within the antenna. Flexible coupling structures are used to physically and removably attach the antenna to the electronic device. The flexible coupling structures couple the antenna resonating element to circuitry in the electronic device. The coupling structures may allow the antenna to break away from the electronic device without causing damage. A user may extend the antenna by rotating the removable antenna to its extended position. The electronic device may have an antenna receptacle that holds the resilient antenna in a stowed position and that allows the resilient antenna to flex to an extended position. A user may extend the resilient antenna by removing the resilient antenna from the antenna receptacle and flexing the antenna into its extended position.
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24 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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an electronic device having a first coupling structure; and a removable antenna having a second coupling structure that is coupled to the first coupling structure and having an antenna resonating element, wherein at least one of the first and second coupling structures comprises an elastic coupling structure, and wherein the removable antenna is configured to rotate into an extended position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus comprising:
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an electronic device having an antenna receptacle; and a resilient antenna formed from a conductive elastic material, wherein the resilient antenna elastically flexes between a stowed position in the antenna receptacle and an extended position outside of the antenna receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A portable computer comprising:
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a removable break-away antenna, wherein the removable break-away antenna is configured to break-away from the portable computer without causing damage to the portable computer and wherein the removable break-away antenna is attached to the portable computer for rotation about an axis; a radio-frequency transceiver; a communications path that conveys radio-frequency signals between the radio-frequency transceiver and the removable break-away antenna; and first and second coupling structures respectively in the electronic device and the removable break-away antenna that physically and electrically couple the removable break-away antenna to the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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