Radio telecommunication apparatus

• US 5,659,888 A
• Filed: 11/01/1994
• Issued: 08/19/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Koike, Noboru, Kato, Syozi
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Application Number:
  US08/325,403
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 455/89, 455/90, 455/127, 455/33.1, 455/99, 379/58, 379/59, 343/702
• US Class Current: 455/575.7
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/242 specially adapted for hand-held use
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/32 Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/24 varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/10 associated with switches operated by magnetic effect due to proximity of receiver or hand-set

Abstract

A radio telephone device (1) is provided with a reed switch (13) arranged between a radio section (12) and a rod antenna (15) in a telephone set main body (10), which connects the radio section (12) and the rod antenna (15) with each other when the telephone set main body (10) is separated from a car kit (20). The car kit is provided with a magnet (27) which magnetically energizes the reed switch (13) when the telephone set main body (10) is placed on the car kit (20) so that the reed switch (13) is turned into a mode where the radio section (12) and an external antenna (26) are connected to each other. Hence it is possible to execute switching the antenna line between the rod antenna (15) of the telephone set main body (10) and the external antenna (26) of the car kit (20) without inviting any increase in the consumption of electric current and without making the circuits more complicated.

Claims

1. A radio telecommunication apparatus including a mobile unit having a radio section and a first antenna, and an adapter having a second antenna and being provided with the mobile unit thereon, wherein when the mobile unit is separated from the adapter, the first antenna is used for communication while when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter, the second antenna is used for communication;

the mobile unit having a reed switch provided between the radio section and the first antenna for connecting the radio section with the first antenna when the adapter is separated from the mobile unit; and

the adapter having a magnet for forcing the reed switch to be switched by a magnetic force of the magnet so as to connect the radio section with the second antenna when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter.

2. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the mobile unit is separated from the adapter, the reed switch connects the radio section with the first antenna and disconnects the radio section from the second antenna while when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter, the reed switch disconnects the radio section from the first antenna and connects the radio section with the second antenna.

3. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the mobile unit is separated from the adapter, the reed switch connects the radio section with the first antenna while when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter, the reed switch disconnects the radio section from the first antenna and connects the radio section with the second antenna.

4. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magnet has the magnetic force of such a degree that is capable of switching the reed switch only when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter.

5. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mobile unit comprises a first connector to be connected to the radio section when the mobile unit is connected to the adapter and wherein the adapter comprises a second connector connected to the second antenna and to be connected to the first connector when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter.

6. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reed switch has a movable contact connected to the radio section and a pair of fixed contacts including one contact connected to the first antenna and the other contact connected to the first connector.

7. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reed switch has contacts including one contact connected to the radio section and the first connector and the other contact connected to the first antenna.

8. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reed switch and the magnet are disposed in the mobile unit and the adapter, respectively, so as to be close to each other when the first connector and the second connector are connected with each other to attach the mobile unit to the adapter.

9. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adapter comprises a first adapter having the second antenna connected thereto, and a second adapter removably attached to the mobile unit, the second adapter having the magnet and being connected with the second antenna through the first adapter.

10. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first adapter is a fixing member for fixing the second adapter.

11. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second adapter is removably attached to the mobile unit in place of a member removably attached to the mobile unit.

12. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the member is a battery pack.

13. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a wire for connecting the first adapter with the second adapter and for transmitting a high frequency signal.

14. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the wire further transmits a power source signal.

15. A radio telecommunication apparatus including a mobile unit having a radio section and a first antenna, and an adapter having a second antenna and being provided with the mobile unit, comprising:

a magnet provided in the adapter;

first connecting means provided in the mobile unit;

switching means provided in the mobile unit, for connecting the radio section to the first antenna and disconnecting the radio section from the first connecting means when the mobile unit is being separated from the adapter, and for disconnecting the radio section from the first antenna and connecting the radio section to the first connecting means in response to a magnet force of the magnet when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter; and

second connecting means provided in the adapter and connected to the second antenna, the second connecting means being connected to the first connecting means when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter.

18. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the adapter comprises a first adapter connected to the second antenna and a second adapter removably attached to the mobile unit, the second adapter having the magnet and being connected to the second antenna through the first adapter.

19. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the first adapter is a fixing member for fixing the second adapter.

20. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the second adapter is removably attached to the mobile unit in place of a member removably attached to the mobile unit.

21. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the member is a battery pack.

22. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a wire for connecting the first and second adapters and for transmitting a high frequency signal.

23. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the wire further transmits a power source signal.

24. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the second connecting means is a connector which is connected to the first connecting means.

25. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the second connecting means comprises a first connector connected to the first connecting means, a wire connected to the first connector, and a second connector connected to the wire and also connected to the second antenna.

16. A radio telecommunication apparatus including a mobile unit having a radio section and a first antenna, and an adapter having a second antenna and being provided with the mobile unit, comprising:

a magnet provided in the adapter;

first connecting means provided in the mobile unit and connected to the radio section;

switching means provided in the mobile unit, for connecting the radio section to the first antenna when the mobile unit is separated from the adapter, and for disconnecting the radio section from the first antenna in response to a magnetic force the magnet when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter; and

second connecting means provided in the adapter and connected to the second antenna, the second connecting means being connected to the first connecting means when the mobile unit is attached to the adapter.

17. The radio telecommunication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the switching means comprises a reed switch.