Antenna pattern frame, case of electronic device and mould for manufacturing the same

• US 8,773,314 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hong, Ha Ryong, Cho, Sung Eun, Lee, Duk Woo, Lee, Dae Kyu, An, Chan Gwang, Sung, Jae Suk, Chang, Ki Won, Han, Chang Mok, Bae, Sang Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Jr., Jerome
• Assistant Examiner(s): LINDGREN BALTZEL, ANDREA J
• Application Number:
  US13/022,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20110205127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/873, 425/116
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14065 Positioning or centering articles in the mould
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14639 for obtaining an insulating effect, e.g. for electrical components
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1671 with an insert
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/2606 Guiding or centering means
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3431 Telephones, Earphones
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3437 Cellular phones
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3456 Antennas, e.g. radomes
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3481 Housings or casings incorporating or embedding electric or electronic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

There is provided an antenna pattern frame, including: a radiator that includes an antenna pattern part transmitting and receiving signals and a connection terminal part transmitting and receiving the signals to and from a circuit substrate of an electronic device; and a radiator frame that embeds the antenna pattern part in a case of the electronic device and supports the radiator, the radiator being manufactured by injection molding, wherein the radiator frame forms a guide boss inserted into a manufacturing mould for injection-molding the case of the electronic device in which the radiator is embedded.

Claims

1. An antenna pattern frame, comprising:

a radiator that includes an antenna pattern part transmitting and receiving signals and a connection terminal part transmitting and receiving the signals to and from a circuit substrate of an electronic device; and

a radiator frame that embeds the antenna pattern part in a ease of the electronic device and supports the radiator, the radiator being manufactured by injection molding, molding, the antenna pattern part being located on one surface of the radiator frame and the connection terminal part being located on an opposing surface of the one surface of the radiator frame,

wherein the antenna pattern frame further comprises a guide boss protruding from the opposing surface of the radiator frame and being insertable into a manufacturing mould for injection-molding the case of the electronic device in which the radiator is embedded.

2. The antenna pattern frame of claim 1, wherein the guide boss includes a slot part therein so that it is elastically supported and fixed to the manufacturing mould.

3. The antenna pattern frame of claim 1, wherein the radiator frame includes an introducing hole formed to introduce a resin material when injection-molding the case of the electronic device.

4. The antenna pattern frame of claim 1, wherein the radiator includes a connection part that is a part of the radiator and connects the antenna pattern part to the connection terminal part, and

the connection part is formed so that the antenna pattern part is located on one surface of the radiator frame and the connection terminal part is located on an opposite surface to the one surface.

5. The antenna pattern frame of claim 1, wherein the connection terminal part contacts and supports the radiator supporting part that is protruded from the opposite surface of the one surface on which the antenna pattern part of the radiator frame is formed.

6. A case of an electronic device, comprising:

a radiator that includes an antenna pattern part transmitting and receiving signals and a connection terminal part transmitting and receiving the signals to and from a circuit substrate of an electronic device;

a radiator frame including a guide boss that supports and fixes the radiator, the antenna pattern part being located on one surface of the radiator frame and the connection terminal part being located on an opposing surface of the one surface of the radiator frame, and

a case frame that covers one surface of the radiator frame to embed the antenna pattern part between the radiator frames, wherein the antenna pattern frame further comprises a guide boss protruding from the opposing surface of the radiator frame and insertable into a manufacturing mould for injection-molding the case of the electronic device in which the radiator is embedded.

7. The case of the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the guide boss includes a slot part so that it is elastically supported and fixed to the manufacturing mould.

8. The case of the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the radiator frame includes an introducing hole formed to introduce a resin material when injection-molding the case of the electronic device.

9. The case of the electronic device of claim 8, wherein the introducing hole is formed to integrate a resin material introduced through the introducing hole with the guide boss.

10. The case of the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the connection part is formed so that the antenna pattern part is located on one surface of the radiator frame and the connection terminal part is located on an opposite surface to the one surface.

11. The case of the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the connection terminal part contacts and supports the radiator supporting part that is protruded from the opposite surface of the one surface on which the antenna pattern part of the radiator frame is formed.