IP Library Granted Patent US 7,443,349
Granted Patent B2
US 7,443,349 · App. 11/198,352 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Radio communication device

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Patent No.
US 7,443,349
App. No.
11/198,352
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio communication device including: a case; a circuit board mounted inside the case; an antenna apparatus that is arranged inside the case and is fed electricity from the circuit board; and one or a plurality of antenna improving elements that are each arranged inside the case and each have a line section with one end grounded at one point to a ground of the circuit board and with another end open, in which the antenna improving element is arranged near a central portion of the case along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the antenna apparatus is arranged near an end of the case along the longitudinal direction thereof.

Claims (40)

1. A radio communication device, comprising:

a case;

a circuit board mounted inside the case;

an antenna apparatus that is fed electricity from the circuit board; and

one or a plurality of antenna improving elements that are each arranged inside the case and each have a line section with one end grounded at one point to a ground of the circuit board and with another end open, wherein:

the antenna improving element resonates at a same frequency as said antenna apparatus;

the antenna improving element is arranged near a central portion of the case along a longitudinal direction thereof; and

the antenna apparatus is arranged near an end of the case along the longitudinal direction thereof.

wherein the antenna improving element is bent to fit inside the case along a shape of an inner surface thereof.

2. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the case includes a first case and a second case;

the first case and the second case are connected to each other in a foldable fashion via a connecting member;

the circuit board is mounted inside the first case;

the one or a plurality of antenna improving elements are arranged inside the first case near the connecting member; and

the antenna apparatus is arranged inside the first case in a position more distant from the connecting member than the antenna improving element.

3. The radio communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the antenna improving element prevents electric current from flowing from the first case to the second case.

4. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein;

the case includes a first case and a second case;

the first case and the second case are connected to each other in a foldable fashion via a connecting member;

the circuit board is mounted inside the second case;

the one or plurality of antenna improving elements are arranged inside the second case near the connecting member; and

the antenna apparatus is arranged on an outside of the second case in a position more distant from the connecting member than the antenna improving element.

5. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the line section is made of a conducting plate.

6. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the line section is made of one of a conducting plate and a conducting wire formed in a meander shape.

7. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the line section is made of a conducting wire formed in a coil shape.

8. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the line section is formed as an integral molding with dielectrics.

9. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna improving element serves as a reflector which replaces a ground.

10. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna apparatus is arranged inside the case.

11. A radio communication device, comprising:

a first case;

a second case connected to the first case in a foldable fashion via connecting means;

a circuit board mounted inside the first case;

an antenna apparatus that is arranged inside the first case and is fed electricity from the circuit board;

one or a plurality of antenna improving means that are each arranged inside the first case and each have one end grounded at one point to a ground of the circuit board and with another end is open, wherein:

the antenna improving means resonates at a same frequency as said antenna apparatus;

the antenna improving means is arranged near the connecting means; and

the antenna apparatus is arranged in a position more distant from the connecting means than the antenna improving means,

wherein the antenna improving element is bent to fit inside the first case along a shape of an inner surface thereof.

12. The radio communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the antenna improving element serves as a reflector which replaces a ground.

13. The radio communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the antenna improving element prevents electric current from flowing from the first case to the second case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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