Patent ID: 9559406
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H05K

Claim:
1. A portable computer, comprising: a metal housing having an upper metal housing portion that contains a display and having a lower metal housing portion that contains a keyboard; hinges that connect the upper metal housing portion to the lower metal housing portion, wherein the upper metal housing portion rotates relative to the lower metal housing portion about a rotational axis between a closed position and an open position, and there is a gap between opposing metal portions of the upper and lower metal housing portions when the upper metal housing portion is in the closed position through which antenna signals pass; first and second antennas in the lower housing portion between the hinges that transmit and receive the antenna signals; control circuitry in the lower housing portion; and a flexible printed circuit that is coupled between the control circuitry and the display and that runs across the gap between the first and second antennas, wherein the flexible printed circuit includes metal traces that are shorted to the upper metal housing portion and the lower metal housing portion, the metal traces are interposed between the first and second antennas, the metal traces divide the gap into a first portion and a second portion, the first antenna transmits and receives the antenna signals through the first portion of the gap, and the second antenna transmits and receives the antenna signals through the second portion of the gap.