Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless router with automatic switching between internal and external antennas
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Application No.: US16255931Application Date: 2019-01-24
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Publication No.: US10763581B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Keith Charette
- Applicant: VENTUS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US DE Dover
- Assignee: VENTUS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: VENTUS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Dover
- Agency: Grogan, Tuccillo & Vanderleeden, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W88/02
- IPC: H04W88/02 ; H04B1/38 ; H01Q3/24 ; H01M2/10 ; H04W88/08 ; H04L12/773 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/38

Abstract:
A router includes a housing, a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, a cellular module disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the cellular module being configured to enable connection to a mobile broadband network, at least one antenna terminal formed in the housing for connecting an external antenna to the cellular module, and a switch associated with the at least one antenna terminal, the switch being configured to automatically switch from an internal antenna of the router to the external antenna when the external antenna is connected to the router via the at least one antenna terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190157755A1 WIRELESS ROUTER WITH AUTOMATIC SWITCHING BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANTENNAS Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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