Patent ID: 9666934
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. A portable electronic device comprising: a single-piece metallic housing portion having a main body and having a periphery with one or more antenna arms formed in the periphery, each antenna arm comprising a strip of the metallic housing portion electrically connected to the main body of the metallic housing portion at one end and extending to a terminal end, enclosing an opening in the housing except for a gap; a non-conductive material configured and positioned in the gap and thus, in concert with the one or more antenna arms, fully enclose the opening in the housing, wherein the terminal end of at least one of the antenna arms is turned to extend toward the main body of the single-piece metallic housing so as to lengthen the antenna arm and tune a resonance of the antenna arm; a metal trace positioned parallel to the one or more antenna arms so as to capacitivly couple to the one or more antenna arms; and a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the single piece metallic housing portion.