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Wireless electronic devices with clutch barrel transceivers

  • US 8,059,040 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2008
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable wireless electronic device, comprising:

  • an upper housing having an exterior housing surface and having at least one metal frame that supports a portion of the exterior housing surface;

    a lower housing that is attached to the upper housing by a hinge;

    a clutch barrel associated with the hinge that has a clutch barrel cover;

    radio-frequency transceiver circuitry within the clutch barrel cover;

    at least one antenna element within the clutch barrel cover; and

    a transmission line path within the clutch barrel cover that connects the radio-frequency transceiver circuitry with the antenna element, wherein a portion of the metal frame forms a heat sink that draws heat away from the radio-frequency transceiver circuitry.

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