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Antenna clip

  • US 8,866,679 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2010
  • Issued: 10/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • a metal housing encapsulating all operative circuitry for the device;

    an attachment member that encapsulates no operative circuitry for the device coupled to the metal housing at an attachment member hinge; and

    an antenna at least partially enclosed within a radio frequency transparent material at least partially enclosed within the attachment member and communicatively coupled to the operative circuitry in the metal housing via the attachment member hinge,wherein the attachment member maintains the antenna a threshold distance away from the metal housing at all times, the threshold distance being a distance at which the metal housing does not interfere with operation of the antenna.

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