Hand-held mobile phone terminal
First Claim
1. A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal comprising an antenna deployment element having an antenna attached to a distal tip area thereof, said antenna deployment element being movable between a first position where it is folded and stored on a rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal, and a second position where it is deployed perpendicular with respect to the rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal body when in use;
- wherein said phone terminal is a dual mode type terminal which is usable both in a satellite communication system and in a terrestrial cellular communication system, said phone terminal having a first package removably coupled to said rear side surface thereof, said package including said antenna deployment element, batteries and circuits for satellite communication installed as one unit, said package being replaceable by a second package, including only batteries, having the same attachment size as said first package.
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Abstract
A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal contains an antenna deployment element with a small antenna attached to the tip area of the antenna deployment element The antenna deployment element is usually folded and stored on the rear side surface of the body of the hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal, and is deployed to become vertical to the rear side surface of the hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal body when it is used. The antenna deployment element is attached to the body of the hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal through a rotational axis so that the small antenna attached to the antenna deployment element can be rotated after deployment in order for its plane to become parallel with the ground surface. Also, the hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal is usable both in a satellite communication system and in a terrestrial cellular communication system. For this purpose, the antenna deployment element, batteries and circuits for satellite communication are installed as one package, which can be folded and stored on the rear side surface of the body of the hand-held mobile phone terminal, and which can be removed freely so that it is replaced by another package having the same attachment size as the one package and containing only batteries, when the hand-held mobile phone terminal is used in a terrestrial mobile communication system.
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8 Claims
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1. A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal comprising an antenna deployment element having an antenna attached to a distal tip area thereof, said antenna deployment element being movable between a first position where it is folded and stored on a rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal, and a second position where it is deployed perpendicular with respect to the rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal body when in use;
wherein said phone terminal is a dual mode type terminal which is usable both in a satellite communication system and in a terrestrial cellular communication system, said phone terminal having a first package removably coupled to said rear side surface thereof, said package including said antenna deployment element, batteries and circuits for satellite communication installed as one unit, said package being replaceable by a second package, including only batteries, having the same attachment size as said first package. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6)
- 2. A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal comprising an antenna deployment element which is a one-piece component having an antenna attached to a distal tip area thereof, said antenna deployment element being movable between a first position where it is folded and stored on a rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal, and a second position where it is deployed perpendicular with respect to the rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal body when in use, and said antenna deployment element being rotatably attached to the rear side surface of the body of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal so that said antenna deployment element is rotatable around its longitudinal axis after deployment to said second position such that a plane of the antenna is parallel with the ground surface.
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3. A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal comprising an antenna deployment element having an antenna attached to a distal tip area thereof, said antenna deployment element being movable between a first position where it is folded and stored on a rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal, and a second position where it is deployed perpendicular with respect to the rear side surface of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal body when in use, and said antenna deployment element being rotatably attached to the rear side surface of the body of said hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal so that said antenna deployment element is rotatable around its longitudinal axis after deployment to said second position such that a plane of the antenna is parallel with the ground surface;
wherein said phone terminal is a dual mode type terminal which is usable both in a satellite communication system and in a terrestrial cellular communication system, said phone terminal having a first package removably coupled to said rear side surface thereof, said package including said antenna deployment element, batteries and circuits for satellite communication installed as one unit, said package being replaceable by a second package, including only batteries, having the same attachment size as said first package. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A hand-held satellite mobile phone terminal having an elongated body with a front side surface, adapted to be placed next to a user'"'"'s face, and a rear side surface, comprising:
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an elongated antenna deployment element which is a one-piece component having first and second opposite ends and being rotatably coupled to said rear side surface by only a single hingedly-connected portion which is at said first end; and an antenna mounted on said antenna deployment element at said second end of said antenna deployment element; wherein when in use to deploy said antenna, said antenna deployment element is rotated at said single hingedly-connected portion about said at least one point such that a longitudinal axis of said antenna deployment element is perpendicular with respect to a longitudinal axis of said body.
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Specification