Handheld mobile device with hidden antenna formed of metal injection molded substrate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10158164
APP PUB NO 20170373377A1
SERIAL NO

15697373

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The disclosed embodiments include a housing of a handheld mobile device. The housing includes a ceramic layer forming a continuous outermost surface of the handheld mobile device, and an antenna layer adjacent to the ceramic layer. The antenna layer including conductive elements formed from a metal injection molded substrate, and an antenna break formed of non-conductive material electrically separating the conductive elements to collectively form an antenna of the handheld mobile device that is hidden by the ceramic layer from an exterior view of the handheld mobile device.

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ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS INC380 PORTAGE AVENUE PALO ALTO CA 94306

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Gagne-Keats, Jason Sean Cupertino, US 89 683

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