Abstract:
An antenna clip includes a clip body and a fixing body extended from the clip body. The clip body includes a first wall and a second wall formed by bending and extending the first wall. The first wall is corresponded to the second wall and stretches relative to the second wall. The first wall includes at least one first resisting arm located between the first wall and the second wall. An electronic device employing the antenna clip is also disclosed.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
       [0001]    1. Technical Field 
         [0002]    The present disclosure relates to an antenna clip and an electronic device employing the antenna clip. 
         [0003]    2. Description of Related Art 
         [0004]    Electronic devices such as mobile phones have mounted antennas therein. The antenna is made of copper or aluminum material. In some electronic devices, the antennas are mounted on a motherboard of the electronic device and are directly electrically connected to the motherboard to feed signals. However, the antennas mounted on the motherboard occupy a large space of the motherboard. In some other electronic devices, the antennas are electrically connected to the motherboard via cables. The cables are secured to a housing by glue or hot melting. However, the secured antennas are undetachable, thus can be difficult to replace. Therefore, the efficiency of the manufacturing may be affected and the cost may be increased. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0005]    Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
           [0006]      FIG. 1  is an exploded view of an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device employing an antenna and at least one antenna clip. 
           [0007]      FIG. 2  is an isometric view of the antenna clip of the electronic device shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0008]      FIG. 3  is another isometric view of the antenna clip of  FIG. 2 . 
           [0009]      FIG. 4  is an assembled view of the electronic device shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0010]      FIG. 5  is a schematic view of cables of the antenna mounted in the antenna clip shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0011]      FIG. 1  shows an electronic device  100  according to an exemplary embodiment. In the embodiment the electronic device  100  can be a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The electronic device  100  includes a housing  10 , a main circuit board (not shown), an antenna  20 , a subsidiary circuit board  30 , and at least one antenna clip  40 . The antenna  20  is mounted in the housing  10  and is secured by the antenna clip  40 . The antenna  20  is electronically connected to the main circuit board to feed signals and be grounded. 
         [0012]    The housing  10  includes a bottom wall  11 , two opposite sidewalls  12 , and two opposite end walls  13 . The two end walls  13  are connected to the two sidewalls  12  respectively. The sidewalls  12  and the end walls  13  cooperatively surround a peripheral edge of the bottom wall  11 . The housing  10  further defines a rectangular groove for receiving a battery, two first partition walls  111  parallel with the sidewalls  12  and two second partition walls  112  parallel with the end walls  13 . The two first partition walls  111  and the two second partition walls  112  cooperatively surround the rectangular groove. A receiving groove  14  is formed between one second partition wall  112  and one end wall  13  adjacent the second partition wall  112 . A mounting groove  15  is formed between one first partition wall  111  and one sidewall  12  adjacent the first partition wall  111 . The first partition wall  111  defines two recesses  113  therein, and a plurality of posts  114  protruding from a bottom surface of the recesses  113 . The two recesses  113  are adjacent to each other, and are recessed towards the bottom wall  11 . There are two posts  114  disposed in each recess  13 . 
         [0013]    The antenna  20  includes a main portion  21  and two cables  22 . The antenna  20  is electrically connected to the subsidiary circuit board  30  and received in the receiving groove  14  together with the subsidiary circuit board  30 . The two cables  22  are juxtaposed and received in the mounting groove  15 . The two cables  22  include two opposite ends (not labeled), one end of the cables  22  are electrically connected to the subsidiary circuit board  30  to electrically connect to the main portion  21 . The other end of the cables  22  are electrically connected to the main circuit board (not shown). Each cable  22  includes several metal rings  221  spaced with each other. 
         [0014]      FIGS. 2 and 3  show an exemplary embodiment of the antenna clip  40 . In the present embodiment, the electronic device  100  includes two antenna clips  40 . Each antenna clip  40  is integrally made of metal sheet by stamping procedure. Each antenna clip  40  includes a clip body  41  and a fixing body  42  integrally connected to each other. The clip body  41  includes a base  410 , a sheet-shaped first wall  411  and a sheet-shaped second wall  412 . The clip body  41  is U-shaped, and the first wall  411  and the second wall  412  are integrally connected to opposite sides of the base  410 , opposite to each other. The base  410  is an arcuate portion, and provides tension force between the first wall  411  and the second wall  412 . 
         [0015]    The first wall  411  includes a limiting end  414  and a first resisting arm  415 . The second wall  412  includes a connecting end  416  and a second resisting arm  417 . An opening  413  is formed between the limiting end  414  and the connecting end  416 , opposite to the base  410 . The opening  413  can be expanded by stretching the limiting end  414  of the first wall  411  apart from the connecting end  416  of the second wall  412 . The limiting end  414  is bent towards the second wall  412 . The first resisting arm  415  is formed by cutting off a central portion of the first wall  411  and is protruding from the first wall  411  towards the second wall  412 . The first resisting arm  415  is a rectangular bent piece. The first resisting arm  415  has a side integrally connecting to the first wall  411  and an opposite side extending towards the second wall  412 , thus cooperatively defining a receiving space with the limiting end  414  to receive cable. The second resisting arm  417  is formed by cutting off a central portion of the second wall  412  and is protruding from the second wall  412  towards the first wall  411 . The second resisting arm  417  is a rectangular bent piece. The second resisting arm  417  has a side integrally connecting to the second wall  412  and an opposite side extending towards the first wall  411 . The second resisting arm  417  is spaced away from the first resisting arm  415 , and thus forms a receiving space in the clip body  41  divided into several partitions by the first resisting arm  415  and the second resisting arm  417  for respectively receiving cables therein. Therefore, the first resisting arm  415  and the second resisting arm  417  are located between the first wall  411  and the second wall  412 . 
         [0016]    The fixing body  42  is bent extending outwardly from the connecting end  416 , and has two positioning holes  421  defined in opposite ends. The fixing body  42  defines a cutout  423  between the two opposite ends. A connecting arm  43  is positioned in the cutout  423 . The connecting arm  43  includes one end connecting to the fixing body  42 , and an opposite end tilting and extending towards to the end of the fixing body  42 . The fixing body  42  and the connecting arm  43  are for mounting the antenna clip  100  to other elements of the electronic device  100 , such as a cover (not shown). The connecting arm  43  and the clip body  41  are disposed on opposite sides of the fixing body  42 , and are extending in opposite directions. 
         [0017]      FIGS. 4 and 5  show that the two antenna clips  40  are mounted in the mounting groove  15 , the positioning holes  421  of the antenna clips  40  are engaged with the posts  114  on the first partition wall  111  and fixed by hot melting technology. Thus, the antenna clip  40  is secured on the housing  10 , with the second wall  412  adjacent to the first partition wall  111 . The main portion  21  and the subsidiary circuit board  30  are received in the receiving groove  14 . The two cables  22  are routed via the receiving groove  14  and the mounting groove  15  to electronically connect the antenna  20  to the main circuit board. The first wall  411  is stretched to open the opening  413 . One cable  22  is moved through the opening  413  and then is clamped by the first wall  411  and the second wall  412 , with the metal ring  221  resisting against the first and second resisting arm  415 ,  417 . The other cable  22  is placed between the first resisting arm  415  and the limiting end  414 , with the metal ring  221  resisting against the first resisting arm  415  and the limiting end  414 . Then, the first wall  411  is released, the cables  22  are elastically clamped by the first wall  411  and the second wall  412 , and the cable  22  adjacent to the opening  413  is retained in the clip body  41  by the limiting end  411 , thus preventing the cables  22  sliding out from the opening  413 . The connecting arm  43  is connected to a ground portion of the main circuit board, the metal rings  221  of the cables  22  are electronically connected to the metal antenna clip  40 , therefore the antenna  20  is connected to ground. 
         [0018]    The electronic device  100  detachably mounts the cables  22  of the antenna  20  via the antenna clips  40 , thus simplifies the process of mounting the antenna  20  to the housing  10  and reduces manufacturing time. When needs to detach the antenna  20 , the first wall  411  can be manually stretched to detach the cables  22 , which is easy. 
         [0019]    In another embodiment, the cable  22  can also be received between the second resisting arm  417  and the base  410 . 
         [0020]    In another embodiment, the quantity of the first resisting arm  415  and the second resisting arm  417  can be increased when needed. 
         [0021]    In another embodiment, the first resisting arm  415  and the second resisting arm  417  can be in other shapes. 
         [0022]    It is believed that the exemplary embodiment and its advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure or sacrificing all of its advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being preferred or exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.