Housing for an electronic device

• US D697,068 S1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Andre, Bartley K., Coster, Daniel J., De Iuliis, Daniele, Dinh, Richard Hung Minh, Hobson, Phillip M., Howarth, Richard P., Ive, Jonathan P., Jenks, Kenneth Arthur, Jobs, Steve, Kerr, Duncan Robert, Mittleman, Adam Duckworth, Nishibori, Shin, Rohrbach, Matthew Dean, Satzger, Douglas B., Seid, Calvin Q., Stringer, Christopher J., Tan, Tang Yew, Whang, Eugene Antony, Zrkendrfer, Rico, Wang, Erik Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Pratt, Deanna L
• Application Number:
  US29/380,128
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: D14341-347, D14/424, D14/425, D14432-453, D14/464, D14/468, D14/469, D14/471, D14/496, D14/511, D14/138.AA, D14/138.AD, D14/138.C, D14/138.G, D142031-2038, D14/217, D14/238.1, D14/248, D14/250, D14/257, D14/299, 361/679.01, 361/679.02, 361/679.03, 361/679.3, 361/679.55, 361/679.56, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/575.1, 4555753-5755, 455/575.8, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: D14/439
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0247 Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring

Abstract

A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot. Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation elements such as inductors and resistors.

Claims

1. The ornamental design for a housing for an electronic device, as shown and described.