PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE

• US 20100277377A1
• Filed: 12/26/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Imano, Daigo, Iwai, Nobuhiro, Sato, Kenichi, Kikuchi, Hironori, Kitajima, Yasuhiro, Sano, Tatsuya
• Granted Patent: US 8,203,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/38 with counterpoise with counterpoise comprising elongated elements coplanar with the active element H01Q9/44
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0277 for a printed circuit board assembly

Abstract

Provided is a portable communication device, specifically a portable wireless device which is thin while maintaining excellent reception sensitivity even when the device is laid on a metal top panel. As such device (100), a foldable portable cellular phone (100) is provided with a battery box (117) opened on the side of a rear surface (115), and a circuit board (121) having an antenna power feed point (124) is arranged inside a lower case (114). The battery box (117) is covered with a battery cover section (140) removably attached to the lower case (114). The battery cover section (140) is formed of a member having conductivity, and attached to the lower case (114) by having contact point members (151, 152) in between for carrying a current to a reinforcing conductive plate (125) which is to be a GND layer of the circuit board (121). The battery cover section (140) attached to the lower case (114) is electrically connected to the reinforcing conductive plate (125) by making the battery cover section abut to contact point members (151, 152).

Claims

1. A mobile radio apparatus comprising:

a housing that comprises an operation surface and an outer surface which is exposed outside on an opposite side of the operation surface;

an antenna;

a substrate that is arranged inside the housing and that comprises a power feeding point of the antenna and a planar conductive layer;

an electrically conductive first planar member that is detachably attached to the housing and that becomes a part of the outer surface; and

a contact member that electrically connects with the conductive layer and that contacts the first planar member.

2. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an electrically conductive second planar member that is arranged along the operation surface to overlap the substrate, and that electrically connects to a conductive layer of the substrate and connects with the contact member.

3. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a surrounding wall part that rises from a peripheral part of the outer surface toward the operation surface, and that comprises inner wall surfaces facing each other,

wherein the second planar member is provided bridging between the inner wall surfaces inside the housing.

4. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first planar member except the contact member is attached to a part of the insulating housing.

5. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the housing comprises in the outer surface a concave part that accommodates a battery; and

the first planar member is a battery lid to cover the battery.

6. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

between the operation surface and the outer surface, the housing comprises a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area along the operation surface;

the substrate is arranged in the first area; and

the battery is arranged in the second area.

7. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contact member electrically connects to the conductive layer through a reactance circuit.

8. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contact member is formed with a first contact member and a second contact member that is arranged apart from the first contact member.

9. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 8, wherein:

the housing is formed in a rectangular shape from a plan view;

the first planar member comprises a length corresponding to a length of the housing in a lateral direction; and

the first contact member and the second contact member are arranged apart in the lateral direction of the housing from a plan view.

10. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

an insulation sheet that is closely attached to a surface of the first planar member on a housing side; and

a conductive sheet that is closely attached to the insulation sheet and that sandwiches the insulation sheet with the first planar member, wherein;

the first contact member contacts the first planar member; and

the second contact member contacts the conductive sheet.

11. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

an insulation sheet that is closely attached to a surface of the first planar member on a housing side; and

a conductive sheet that is closely attached to the insulation sheet and that sandwiches the insulation sheet with the first planar member,

wherein the first contact member and the second contact member contact the conductive sheet.

12. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the first planar member comprises an electrically conductive engaging part that detachably attaches the first planar member to the housing; and

the engaging part contacts the contact member.

13. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the first planar member comprises;

an engaging part that detachably attaches the first planar member to the housing; and

a rib that extends vertically from a sidewall part along an end side part of the first planar member; and

the first planar member and the contact member contact between the engaging part and the rib.

14. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the housing comprises;

a second housing that comprises a display surface and that is attached rotatably through a hinge part provided on a base end side; and

a first housing that comprises the display surface to face the operation surface when the second housing is folded through the hinge part;

the first planar member is attached to the housing as a part of an outer surface portion of the housing on an front end part side apart from the hinge part; and

the power feeding point is arranged on the substrate arranged inside the housing, closer to the hinge part than to the first planar member.

15. A mobile radio apparatus comprising:

a housing that comprises an outer surface;

an antenna;

a substrate that is arranged inside the housing and that comprises a power feeding point of the antenna and a planar conductive layer;

an electrically conductive first planar member that is detachably attached to the housing and that becomes a part of the outer surface; and

an electrically conductive contact member that electrically connects with the conductive layer and that contacts the first planar member.