ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,518, issued on May 20, was assigned to Suunto Oy (Vantaa, Finland).
"Slot mode antennas" was invented by Eero Varjonen (Vantaa, Finland), Panu Perko (Vantaa, Finland), Mikko Sepanniitty (Vantaa, Finland) and Erik Lindman (Vantaa, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an assembly for an antenna operating in a slot mode. It is also directed to an electronic wristwatch-like device comprising such antennas. The antenna assembly comprises at least one circuit board of an electronic device, a conductive body arranged at a distance from said at least one circuit board and defining a slot between them, at least one fe...