Hand-held wireless communication device with ceramic screws

• US 8,208,870 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2006
• Issued: 06/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chuang, I-Cheng, Chan, Chi-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): HANIDU, GANIYU A
• Application Number:
  US11/345,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20060234788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,336 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/575.3, 455/575.5, 455/575.8, 455/575.2, 455/550.1, 343/895, 343/702, 343/700, 361/814
• US Class Current: 455/90.3
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/528 reducing the re-radiation of a support structure in a parabolic reflector antenna H01Q19/023
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03

Abstract

A wireless communication device having an antenna area includes at least a first component, a second component and a connector. The connector is made of ceramic material and is disposed in the antenna area for fixing and connecting the first component and the second component so as to avoid interference with the antenna. Adopting the ceramic connecters enables the wireless communication device to have the advantages of good locking performance, good antennal transmission efficiency and elegant appearance simultaneously and to provide an electrostatic shielding function.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device, having an antenna radiation area, the device comprising:

a first component having a first positioning hole;

a second component having a second positioning hole, the antenna radiation area being positioned within borders of one of the first and second components, and an antenna patched within the antenna radiation area; and

a connector disposed within borders of the antenna radiation area and penetrating the antenna radiation area, the connector penetrating the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole and penetrating a surface for patching the antenna within the antenna radiation area, for fixing and mechanically connecting the first component and the second component, wherein the connector is made of ceramic material to avoid interference with the antenna radiation area.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the connector is a self-tapping connector.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the connector is a ceramic self-tapping screw.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the ceramic self-tapping screw has a pitch substantially equal to 1 mm and an inner diameter substantially equal to 2 mm.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the connector is a non-self-tapping connector.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the connector is a mechanical ceramic screw.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the mechanical ceramic screw has a pitch substantially equal to 0.5 mm and an inner diameter substantially equal to 2 mm.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first component is an upper cover and the second component is a lower cover.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a hand-held wireless communication device.

19. The device according to claim 1, wherein a penetrating direction of the connector is substantially perpendicular to the surface for patching the antenna within the antenna area.

10. A wireless communication device, having an antenna radiation area, the device comprising:

a housing, comprising an upper cover having a plurality of first positioning holes and a lower cover having a plurality of second positioning holes, the antenna radiation area positioned within borders of one of the upper cover and the lower cover, and an antenna patched within the antenna radiation area; and

a plurality of connectors penetrating the antenna radiation area for fixing and mechanically connecting the upper cover and the lower cover, the connectors penetrating the plurality of first positioning holes and the plurality of second positioning holes and penetrating a surface for patching the antenna within the antenna radiation area, the connectors being uniformly distributed in the upper and lower covers so that an equidistant gap exists between the upper cover and the lower cover, wherein at least one of the connectors disposed within borders of the antenna radiation area is made of ceramic material so as to avoid interference with the antenna radiation area.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the ceramic connector is a self-tapping connector.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the ceramic connector is a ceramic self-tapping screw.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the ceramic self-tapping screw has a pitch substantially equal to 1 mm and an inner diameter substantially equal to 2 mm.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein the ceramic connector is a non-self-tapping connector.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein the ceramic connector is a mechanical ceramic screw.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the mechanical ceramic screw has a pitch substantially equal to 0.5 mm and an inner diameter substantially equal to 2 mm.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the device is a hand-held wireless communication device.

18. The device according to claim 10, wherein the device is a mobile phone.

20. The device according to claim 10, wherein a penetrating direction of the at least one of the connectors is substantially perpendicular to the surface for patching the antenna within the antenna area.