Wireless transmission module

• US 20040203537A1
• Filed: 04/14/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Shikio, Deguchi, Akiteru
• Application Number:
  US10/823,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203537A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2258 used with computer equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/29 Combinations of different interacting antenna units for giving a desired directional characteristic H01Q25/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/32 Vertical arrangement of element H01Q9/40 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices

Abstract

A wireless transmission/reception card has a pole-shaped antenna for wireless transmission and reception, and the length direction of the antenna is substantially parallel to the main faces of the card. A headset has a slot in which the wireless transmission/reception card is inserted, and, when the card is inserted in the slot, the pole-shaped antenna of the card is set upright substantially in the vertical direction in the normal use state of the headset. The wireless transmission/reception card excels in portability, and, when inserted in the slot of the headset, helps enhance the antenna gain in the horizontal plane in the normal use state.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission/reception card comprising:

a pole-shaped antenna;

a transmitter/receiver that is connected to the pole-shaped antenna,

wherein a length direction of the pole-shaped antenna is substantially parallel to a main face of the wireless transmission/reception card.

2. A wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus comprising:

a mount on which a wireless transmission/reception card is mounted,

said wireless transmission/reception card comprises a pole-shaped antenna and a transmitter/receiver that is connected to the pole-shaped antenna, a length direction of the pole-shaped antenna being substantially parallel to a main face of the wireless transmission/reception card, and

wherein, when the wireless transmission/reception card is mounted on the mount, the pole-shaped antenna of the wireless transmission/reception card is set upright substantially in a vertical direction in a normal use state.

3. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus is a headset.

4. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the mount is rotatable.

5. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein said headset includes a pair of earpieces, a bridge that couples together the earpieces in such a way as to bridge over a head of a user in the normal use state, and a patch antenna arranged in the bridge.

6. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus is an electric appliance.

7. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the mount is rotatable.

8. The wireless transmission/reception card supporting apparatus according to claim 6,

further comprising a patch antenna.

9. A wireless network terminal comprising:

a wireless transmission/reception card;

a headset; and

an electric appliance,

said wireless transmission/reception card comprises a pole-shaped antenna and a transmitter/receiver that is connected to the pole-shaped antenna, a length direction of the pole-shaped antenna being substantially parallel to a main face of the wireless transmission/reception card, and

said headset includes a mount on which the wireless transmission/reception card is mounted, the pole-shaped antenna of the wireless transmission/reception card being set upright substantially in a vertical direction in a normal use state when the wireless transmission/reception card is mounted on the mount,

wherein the headset and the electric appliance have communication interfaces compatible with each other.

10. The wireless network terminal according to claim 9,

wherein the mount is rotatable.

11. The wireless network terminal according to claim 9,

wherein the headset includes a pair of earpieces, a bridge that couples together the earpieces in such a way as to bridge over a head of a user in the normal use state, and a patch antenna arranged in the bridge.