IP Library Granted Patent US 7,541,992
Granted Patent B2
US 7,541,992 · App. 11/818,274 · Granted Jun 2, 2009

Mobile radio communication device

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Patent No.
US 7,541,992
App. No.
11/818,274
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile radio communication device has an antenna, a circuit board to which the antenna is connected and on which a plurality of electronic elements are mounted, an inner casing formed of resin and housing the circuit board, and an outer casing of resin covering the inner casing. The antenna is located on that portion on an outer face of the inner casing which is covered by the outer casing, and the antenna is disposed to penetrate into the inside of the inner casing through a hole formed on the inner casing, and the feeding end of the antenna is connected to the circuit board. This allows the antenna to be spaced apart from other electronic elements on the circuit board in the lower body without protruding the antenna outside, to achieve a sufficient antenna property by elimination of effects from other electronic elements.

Claims (16)

1. A mobile radio communication device comprising:

first and second antennas having different communication frequencies, the first and second antennas each having a main antenna body and a feed end;

a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic elements are mounted;

an inner casing housing the circuit board, the inner casing having an outer circumference surface on which an antenna aperture is formed,

an outer casing covering the inner casing; and

a water-proof packing accommodated in and sealing inside the antenna aperture to prevent water from entering into the inner casing through the antenna aperture;

wherein the first and second antennas are each partially embedded in the water-proof packing, the main antenna bodies of the first and second antennas being exposed to an outside of the inner casing through the water-proof packing and disposed along the outer circumference surface, and the feed ends of the first and second antennas being exposed to an inside of the inner casing through the water-proof packing and connected to the circuit board housed inside the inner casing; and

wherein the main antenna body of the first antenna is disposed in a first direction along a radial direction of the outer circumference surface of the inner casing, and the main antenna body of the second antenna is disposed in a second direction, which is different from the first direction along the radial direction of the outer circumference surface of the inner casing.

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

the antennas are provided with positioning holes,

the inner casing is provided with position pins on the outer circumference surface of the inner casing, and

the positioning pins are operable to be inserted into the positioning holes to mount the first and second antennas to the inner casing.

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

the first direction in which the main antenna body of the first antenna is disposed is a circumferential longitudinal direction of the outer circumferential surface of the inner casing,

the second direction in which the main antenna body of the second antenna is disposed is another circumferential longitudinal direction of the outer circumferential surface of the inner casing, and

the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2013
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030258/0429 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 16, 2010
From: CASIO HITACHI MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, CO., LTD.
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024700/0299 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2007
From: MURAKAMI, TOSHIYUKI; UENO, TAKAAKI; KANEOYA, MASANORI
To: CASIO HITACHI MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019476/0767 →