Patent ID: 7889139

Claim:
A handheld electronic device, comprising: a radio-frequency transceiver; an antenna ground plane; at least a first antenna resonating element that forms a first antenna with the antenna ground plane; at least a first coaxial cable having an outer ground conductor, having a first coaxial cable connector that is connected to the radio-frequency transceiver, and having a second coaxial cable connector that is connected to the antenna; a plurality of conductive fasteners connected to the outer ground conductor of the coaxial cable at locations along its length between the first and second coaxial cable connectors; a conductive member that mechanically and electrically connects the conductive fasteners to the ground plane; a second radio-frequency transceiver; a second antenna resonating element that forms a second antenna with the antenna ground plane; a second coaxial cable that is connected between the second antenna and the second radio-frequency transceiver and that has an outer ground conductor; and a plurality of conductive fasteners that are attached to the outer ground conductor of the second coaxial cable, wherein the conductive member comprises extensions that are crimped to the conductive fasteners of the first coaxial cable and the second coaxial cable to short the outer ground conductors of the first and second coaxial cables to the antenna ground plane.