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Multi-axis vertically corrected antenna for handheld wireless communications devices

  • US 5,850,612 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1995
  • Issued: 12/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Antenna support apparatus for a portable wireless communications device, comprising:

  • a support plate pivotally secured to said wireless communications device with a pivot joint for rotation about a first predefined pivot axis with at least one planar support surface which rotates about said first pivot axis;

    an antenna module pivotally secured to the support plate with a pivot joint for rotation about a predefined second pivot axis which is perpendicular to the first for placing the module in predetermined orientations about said second axis, independent of handset orientation; and

    bias means for urging said support plate to rotate about said first pivot axis so as to provide at least one desired offset in vertical orientation of said first axis about said second axis.

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