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Snap-on antenna and protective connector mounting for a hand-held electronic device

  • US 5,973,645 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1996
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
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1. A hand-held electronic device having electrical components therein, comprising:

  • a housing having a jack-receiving aperture therein;

    an antenna jack extending through the jack-receiving aperture;

    a wire connected to the antenna jack and being attachable to the electrical components;

    a flexible bushing positioned in the jack-receiving aperture between the antenna jack and the housing, the flexible bushing substantially isolating the antenna jack from the housing so the antenna jack is deflectable relative to the housing without damaging the antenna jack; and

    an antenna removably attached to the antenna jack and being movable between an installed position and a removed position, the antenna being conductively attached to the antenna jack when in the installed position and being out of engagement with the antenna jack when in the removed position, the antenna being rotatable about the antenna jack relative to the housing to a selected angular position, the antenna having;

    a substantially rigid base having an open interior area therein and having a housing-attachment portion with a first aperture therein communicating with the open interior area, and the base having a second aperture therein communicating with the interior area, the housing-attachment portion being adjacent to the antenna jack when the antenna is in the installed position;

    a plug connector contained in the interior area of the base, the plug connector having a jack-connecting portion adjacent to the first aperture, the jack-connecting portion being releasably connected to the antenna jack when the antenna is in the installed position;

    an active antenna portion attached to the plug connector and extending through the second aperture in the base and away from the base, the active antenna portion being conductively connected to the wire by the plug connector and the antenna jack when the antenna is in the installed position; and

    a flexible antenna sheath extending over the active antenna portion.

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