Antennas for wireless earbuds

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9866945
SERIAL NO

14993548

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An accessory such as a wireless earbud may have an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. A housing for the earbud may have a main body portion and an extended portion that forms a stalk protruding from the main body portion. The earbud may have a speaker aligned with a speaker port in the main body portion. The antenna may have an elongated shape and may extend along the stalk. The stalk may have a plastic housing wall portion. The antenna may be formed from first and second metal traces on opposing sides of a printed circuit substrate. The first metal trace may form an antenna resonating element arm and may lie between the substrate and the plastic housing wall portion. The second metal trace may be a ground trace. A feed for the antenna may be located at a juncture between the main body portion and the stalk.

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APPLE INCONE APPLE PARK WAY CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barrera, Joel D Belmont, US 15 93
Chawan, Arun San Francisco, US 4 54
Cousins, Benjamin Burlington, CA 2 45
Di, Nallo Carlo San Carlos, US 59 530
Guterman, Jerzy S Mountain View, US 35 280
Huang, Huan-Chu Taoyuan, TW 44 244
McAuliffe, Erin A Campbell, US 5 65
Panecki, Lee M San Francisco, US 27 1227
Pascolini, Mattia San Francisco, US 292 6892

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