PORTABLE WIRELESS APPARATUS

• US 20110241951A1
• Filed: 06/22/2009
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayama, Hideki, Sakamoto, Akito, Yamaguchi, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US13/131,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20110241951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/30 Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable wireless apparatus that can be miniaturised and reduced in thickness without increasing in manufacturing costs and that can prevent degradation of reception sensitivity when placed on a metal plate, without impairing design characteristics. In this apparatus, a conductive hinge (103) links a first case (101) and second case (102) in a mutually movable fashion. A first antenna element (108) has a base end (150) that is supplied with power from a power supply section (106) and provided in a position facing the hinge (103), and is arranged on the second case (102) in such a way that the distance r1 from the bottom face (160) of the second case (102) on the side of the tip (151) extending from the base end (150) is larger than the distance r2 from the bottom face (160) of the second case (102) on the side of the base end (150).

Claims

1. A portable radio device comprising:

a first casing;

a second casing;

a conductive coupling member that couples the first casing and the second casing in a mutually movable fashion; and

a first antenna element that is fed by a feeding section and has a base end section arranged at a position to face the coupling member in a vertical direction, wherein the first antenna element is arranged in the second casing such that a distance between a front end section side extending from the base end section and a bottom surface of the second casing is greater than a distance from the bottom surface of the base end section side.

2. The portable radio device according to claim 1 further comprising a second antenna element that resonates at a higher frequency than a resonance frequency of the first antenna element and electrically connects to the first antenna element.

3. The portable radio device according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna element is arranged in the second casing such that the first antenna element is bent and brought upward so that a distance between the first antenna element and the bottom surface gradually increases toward the front end section.

4. The portable radio device according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna element is bent upward in a crank shape between the base end section and the front end section, and is arranged in the second casing such that the base end section side and the front end section side are arranged parallel to the bottom surface.

5. The portable radio device according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna element is arranged in the second casing such that the first antenna element is bent and brought upward between the base end section and the front end section so that a distance between the first antenna element and the bottom surface gradually increases toward the front end section, and the front end section side is bent so that the front end section side is parallel to bottom surface.

6. The portable radio device according to claim 1, wherein the front end section side of the first antenna element is bent upward at a position to face the edge section of the coupling member between the base end section and the front end section.