Wireless communications device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10778289-B2
Application number	US-201615001093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	Jan 19, 2016
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A wireless communications device with a first housing including an LTE modem and a plurality of LTE antennas and a second housing including a battery system and network communications assembly, the first housing and second housing pivotally joined via a hinge assembly permitting movement of the device between a closed and one or more open positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a wireless communications device comprising:
connecting a first housing to a first network communications assembly, the first network communications assembly configured to communicatively connect to a wireless network external to the wireless communications device according to a first network protocol and including a first modem and at least one antenna, the first housing including a first thermal distribution plate for dissipating heat produced by at least the first modem of the first housing;
connecting a second housing to a second network communications assembly, the second network communications assembly configured to communicatively connect to another network external to the wireless communications device according to a second network protocol, the second network protocol being different from the first network protocol, the second network communications assembly including a second modem and at least one other antenna, the second housing including a second thermal distribution plate for dissipating heat produced by at least the second modem of the second housing; and
connecting the first housing to the second housing via a separation interface the first housing and second housing being moveable with respect to each other between a closed position and one or more open positions, the separation interface is implemented as a heat sink configured to dissipate heat produced by at least the first modem of the first housing and the second modem of the second housing.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming a heat vent opening in the first housing.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a display screen disposed in the second housing includes at least one of: a mobile signal strength indicator, a battery level indicator, the name of a wireless carrier, and a network throughput indicator.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first housing includes at least one processing device operable to cause the display of at least one of the following on the screen of the personal computing device: a mobile signal strength indicator, a battery level indicator, the name of a wireless carrier, and a network throughput indicator.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the another network is a wireless network.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first network communications assembly includes an LTE modem and a plurality of LTE antennas for communicatively connecting to the first network, the first network being an LTE network.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate are thermally connected using a conductive element.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the heat sink is formed of materials with higher thermal conductivities than the first housing and the second housing.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the heat sink is further thermally coupled to the first thermal distribution plate in at least one of the one or more open positions.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first housing at least partially encloses the first network communication assembly including the first modem and the at least one antenna and the second housing at least partially encloses the second network communication assembly including the second modem and the at least one other antenna.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Morris Toby James
• Harper Marc

Classifications

• H04B1/3827 Primary

  Portable transceivers · CPC title

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title

• H01Q1/241

  used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM (H01Q1/247, H01Q1/248 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q5/50

  Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation · CPC title

• H01Q1/521

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title