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1. A battery comprising:
- a metal housing element defining a cavity;
one or more cells within the cavity;
an insulating cover portion concealing the metal housing element;
a first external contact and a second external contact configured to provide charge stored in the cell or cells to a device connected to the battery; and
an aperture in the insulating cover portion exposing a portion of the metal housing for coupling, in use, to a radio frequency feed, and wherein the exposed portion of the metal housing is physically separate from the first external contact and from the second external contact.
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Abstract
A method including: optimizing space within a device by having a feed element for an antenna as an integral part of the device but not having the antenna as an integral part of the device; and providing the antenna as a part of a battery for the device. A radio communications device including: a battery comprising: a metal housing element; and an accessible conductive contact electrically connected to the metal housing; and a RF feed element for connection to the external conductive contact.
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20 Claims
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1. A battery comprising:
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a metal housing element defining a cavity; one or more cells within the cavity; an insulating cover portion concealing the metal housing element; a first external contact and a second external contact configured to provide charge stored in the cell or cells to a device connected to the battery; and an aperture in the insulating cover portion exposing a portion of the metal housing for coupling, in use, to a radio frequency feed, and wherein the exposed portion of the metal housing is physically separate from the first external contact and from the second external contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a metal housing element defining a cavity; one or more cells within the cavity; an insulating cover portion concealing the metal housing element; a first external contact and a second external contact configured to provide charge stored in the cell or cells to a device connected to the apparatus; and an aperture in the insulating cover portion exposing a portion of the metal housing for coupling, in use, to a radio frequency feed, and wherein the exposed portion of the metal housing is physcially separate from the first external contact and from the second external contact. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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providing a metal housing element defining a cavity; providing one or more cells within the cavity; providing an insulating cover portion concealing the metal housing element; providing a first external contact and a second external contact configured to provide charge stored in the cell or cells to a device connected to the apparatus; and providing an aperture in the insulating cover portion exposing a portion of the metal housing for coupling, in use, to an radio frequency feed, and wherein the exposed portion of the metal housing is physically separate from the first external contact and from the second external contact. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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