Detachable antenna device for portable terminal

• US 20060164323A1
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cha, Kwang-Hwan
• Application Number:
  US11/168,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20060164323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/906
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/088 Quick-releasable antenna elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/242 specially adapted for hand-held use

Abstract

Disclosed herein is detachable antenna device for a portable terminal that includes a socket installed on any one of the terminal and a radiation unit of the antenna device, a plug installed on the other one of the terminal and the radiation unit of the antenna device and adapted to be coupled to the socket, and a position retaining means for limiting the rotation of the radiation unit when the plug is coupled to the socket. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal can be mounted on a terminal as desired, and particularly, it can be used for TV watching and performing GPS information terminal functions. It can also be detached from the terminal in a normal state for improved compactness and portability of the terminal. The connector of the antenna device is prevented from being worn and damaged by an external factor to improve the durability and retain the plug in a more stable manner.

Claims

1. A detachable antenna device for a portable terminal, comprising:

a socket installed on any one of the terminal and a radiation unit of the antenna device;

a plug installed on the other one of the terminal and the radiation unit of the antenna device and adapted to be coupled to the socket; and

a position retainer for limiting rotation of the radiation unit when the plug is coupled to the socket.

2. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position retainer comprises at least one support protrusion formed on the socket and a support groove formed on an outer peripheral surface of the plug to engage the support protrusion.

3. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the socket is installed on the terminal and has a fastening piece extending from an outer peripheral surface thereof.

4. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a holder installed within the socket to compress an outer peripheral surface of an end of the plug coupled to the socket, the holder having at least one slit extending from an upper end thereof along a longitudinal direction thereof.

5. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a stopper protruding from an inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the holder and a stopper groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the plug along a circumferential direction to engage the stopper when the plug is coupled to the socket.

6. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the socket comprises an insulation tube, a retaining tube coaxially aligned with the insulation tube with an end thereof facing an end of the insulation tube, and a coupling tube coupled in such a manner that it encloses an outer peripheral surface of ends of the insulation and retaining tubes, respectively, to constitute a socket housing together with the insulation and retaining tubes.

7. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein the coupling tube has a fastening piece extending from the outer peripheral surface thereof.

8. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a holder installed within the socket to compress the outer peripheral surface of an end of the plug coupled to the socket, the holder having at least one slit extending from an upper end thereof along the longitudinal direction thereof.

9. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a supporter formed on a lower end of the holder to be interposed between the insulation and retaining tubes.

10. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a first insulator coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the retaining tube in a press fit mode.

11. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a first insulator coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the retaining tube in a press fit mode and a joiner coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the first insulator in a press fit mode to be electrically connected to a signal line of the plug.

12. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a signal cable connected to the joiner to electrically connect the jointer to circuit devices of the terminal.

13. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug comprises a signal line, a second insulator provided to enclose the outer peripheral surface of the signal line, and a guide provided to enclose the outer peripheral surface of the insulator.

14. The detachable antenna device for a portable terminal as claimed in claim 13, wherein the guide provides the plug with a ground.