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United States Patent 10,141,627
Ritter , et al. November 27, 2018

Compact wireless antennae mounting with electrostatic discharge protection


Abstract

A set top box comprises multiple antennae (15) are positioned outside the periphery of the printed circuit board (5). The antennae can be vertically oriented (15V) or horizontally oriented (15H). The antennae (15) are maintained at least 20 mm from a heatsink (6) and the printed circuit board (5) to prevent electrostatic discharge. The set top box includes vents (14) in the bottom frame (2) outside the periphery of the printed circuit board (5) to promote heat dissipation.



Inventors:
Ritter; Darin Bradley (Indianapolis, IN), Hunt; Mickey Jay (Camby, IN), Dernier; William P. (Indianapolis, IN)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


THOMSON LICENSING
Issy-les-Moulineaux
N/A
FR


Assignee:
Interdigital CE Patent Holdings (Paris, FR)


Family ID:
1000003676321

Appl. No.:
15/031,729

Filed:
October 22, 2014

PCT Filed:
October 22, 2014

PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/061692

371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
April 23, 2016

PCT Pub. No.:
WO2015/061396

PCT Pub. Date:
April 30, 2015


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160248145 A1 Aug 25, 2016



Related U.S. Patent Documents









Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

61894985 Oct 24, 2013
62009538 Jun 9, 2014




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H01Q 1/22 (20130101); H01Q 1/002 (20130101); H01Q 1/02 (20130101); H01Q 1/243 (20130101); H01Q 21/06 (20130101); H01Q 21/28 (20130101); H05K 9/0067 (20130101); H01Q 21/0087 (20130101); H04N 5/64 (20130101)
Current International Class: H01Q 1/22 (20060101); H01Q 1/02 (20060101); H01Q 1/24 (20060101); H01Q 21/28 (20060101); H05K 9/00 (20060101); H01Q 21/00 (20060101); H01Q 1/00 (20060101); H01Q 21/06 (20060101); H04N 5/64 (20060101)

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