IP Library Granted Patent US 7,840,243
Granted Patent B2
US 7,840,243 · App. 11/814,482 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Antenna arrangement in a mobile terminal apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,840,243
App. No.
11/814,482
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a mobile terminal apparatus in which downsizing of the mobile terminal apparatus can be achieved and an antenna characteristic can be suitably supplied. In a mobile terminal apparatus 10 , upper and lower housing 13 and 15 are coupled with each other by a coupling part 18 so as to be openable and closable, upper and lower circuit boards 21 and 24 are provided in the upper and lower housing 13 and 15 , upper and lower protective cover parts 31 and 32 cover the upper and lower housing; and a flexible part 33 couples the upper and lower protective cover parts so as to be openable and closable and covers the coupling part. In the mobile terminal apparatus 10 , an antenna power feeding land 51 is provided in one of the upper and lower circuit boards, a power feeding terminal of the antenna part 40 is electrically connected to this one circuit board via the antenna power feeding land, and the antenna part is housed in the flexible part.

Claims (26)

1. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a first housing and a second housing coupled with each other by a coupling part so as to be openable and closable;

a first circuit board and second circuit board provided in the first housing and the second housing, respectively;

a first protective cover part and a second protective cover part covering the first housing and the second housing, respectively; and

a flexible part coupling the first protective cover part and the second protective cover part so as to be openable and closable and covering the coupling part,

wherein, an antenna power feeding land is provided in one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a leading edge of an antenna part is electrically connected to said one circuit board via the antenna power feeding land, and the antenna part is housed in the flexible part, and

wherein a magnet is provided on a surface opposite to the antenna power feeding land and a leading edge of the antenna part is contacted with the antenna power feeding land by attracting the leading edge of the antenna part with the magnet.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling part is discrete from the flexible part.

3. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a first housing and a second housing coupled with each other by a coupling part so as to be openable and closable;

a first circuit board and second circuit board provided in the first housing and the second housing, respectively;

a first protective cover part and a second protective cover part covering the first housing and the second housing, respectively; and

a flexible part coupling the first protective cover part and the second protective cover part so as to be openable and closable and covering the coupling part,

wherein, an antenna power feeding land is provided in one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a leading edge of an antenna part is electrically connected to said one circuit board via the antenna power feeding land, and the antenna part is housed in the flexible part, and

wherein a joint sheet metal electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board is disposed in a center of the coupling part.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling part is discrete from the flexible part.

5. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a first housing and a second housing coupled with each other by a coupling part so as to be openable and closable;

a first circuit board and second circuit board provided in the first housing and the second housing, respectively;

a first protective cover part and a second protective cover part covering the first housing and the second housing, respectively;

a flexible part coupling the first protective cover part and the second protective cover part so as to be openable and closable and covering the coupling part,

an antenna part; and

an antenna power feeding land,

wherein, the antenna power feeding land is provided in one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a leading edge of the antenna part is electrically connected to said one circuit board via the antenna power feeding land, and the antenna part is housed in the flexible part,

wherein the flexible part includes a front-side bending portion and a back-side bending portion and further includes a front-side antenna shield and a back-side antenna shield disposed between the front-side bending portion and the back-side bending portion.

6. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the antenna part is disposed between the front-side antenna shield and the back-side antenna shield.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022363/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2007
From: HIRAI, MASAYOSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020120/0908 →