Wireless communication apparatus

• US 20060079189A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Masamichi, Kaeriyama, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 7,623,832 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.300
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/084 Pivotable antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2258 used with computer equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/242 specially adapted for hand-held use
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices

Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus that provides an electronic apparatus with a wireless communication capability includes a connector connectable to the electronic apparatus, and an antenna section that is movable between a first position that covers said connector, and a second position that exposes said connector.

Claims

1. A wireless communication apparatus that provides an electronic apparatus with a wireless communication capability, said wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a connector connectable to the electronic apparatus; and

an antenna section that is movable between a first position that covers said connector, and a second position that exposes said connector.

2. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an angle adjusting mechanism that adjusts and fixes an angle of said antenna section.

3. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a slide mechanism that slides said antenna section.

4. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a length adjusting mechanism that adjusts and fixes a length of said antenna section.

5. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper mechanism that prevents a drop of said antenna section.

6. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said antenna section is dividable into plural parts.

7. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said antenna section is dividable into first and second parts that are independently rotatable, and

wherein said angle adjusting mechanism fixes the first and second parts at different angles.

8. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said plural parts are independently rotatable in at least two directions.

9. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said plural parts have a bendable end.

10. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said antenna section includes an engagement portion that engages the plural parts with each other.

11. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus has an insertion opening and said wireless communication apparatus is inserted ejectably into the insertion opening,

wherein said antenna section serves as an ejector that is pulled in ejecting said wireless communication apparatus that is inserted into the insertion opening.

12. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said antenna section includes a portion that contacts said connector and is made of an elastic material.

13. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said antenna section includes an antenna, and an antenna cover that covers the antenna and has a shape different from that of the antenna.

14. A wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said antenna section has a U-shaped shape.

15. A function expanding apparatus that expands a function of an electronic apparatus, said function expanding apparatus comprising:

a connector connectable to the electronic apparatus; and

a shield that is movable between a first position that covers said connector, and a second position that exposes said connector.