Patent ID: 9588546
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H01Q,H04M

Claim:
1. A wireless electronic device, comprising: a ground plane; and a metal perimeter around the ground plane, the metal perimeter comprising a metal planar user input component comprising a metal outer surface that is coplanar with an outer surface of a first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, wherein the metal planar user input component is at a break of the metal perimeter that separates the first adjacent portion from a second adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, wherein the metal outer surface of the metal planar user input component is entirely planar, wherein the metal perimeter further comprises first and second antennas, wherein the metal planar user input component separates the first and second antennas, wherein the metal planar user input component comprises a mechanically-immobile touch sensor comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, wherein the mechanically-immobile touch sensor, comprising the metal outer surface that is coplanar with the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter, comprises a rectangular shape comprising a width sufficient to inhibit short-circuits between the first and second antennas, and wherein the outer surface of the first adjacent portion of the metal perimeter comprises a portion of one of the first and second antennas.