US Patent Issued to Garmin International on Sept. 23 for "Conductive watch housing with slot antenna configuration" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,787, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Garmin International Inc. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Conductive watch housing with slot antenna configuration" was invented by Abu T. Sayem (Overland Park, Kan.) and Tuan Quoc Phan (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrist-worn electronic device includes a lower housing, an upper housing, a plurality of bezel connectors, a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna, a second GNSS antenna, and a communication antenna. The lower housing includes a side wall. The upper housing includes a bezel. The bezel connectors each provide an electrical connection to the bezel. The firs...