CLIPPED CONTACT WHIP AND FLEX ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR A DEVICE

摘要

Antenna assembly (10) for a portable device (130). The antenna assembly includes a nonconductive base (14), a conductive bushing (16) held within a lower end (78) of the base, and a flex antenna (20) wrapped around the base. The flex antenna includes a trace (40) having substantially all of its length disposed around an upper end (65) of the base axially away from the conductive bushing and terminating in a flexible end contact (52) that extends over the bushing. A conductive mechanism (24) engages the conductive bushing and presses the flexible end contact against the bushing. The conductive mechanism includes an exposed elongated contact (102). A whip antenna (12) extends through the nonconductive base, and includes a nonconductive extension (114) extending from a top end thereof and a lower contact (112) for electrically contacting the bushing when the whip antenna is extended relative to the base.