MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
A mobile communication terminal having a first housing section and a second housing section is provided. The first housing section includes a metallic portion. The second housing section is movably coupled to the first housing section. The second housing section is provided with an antenna. The second housing section is provided with a conductive element which covers a portion of the antenna from the metallic portion regardless of a position of the second housing section relative to the first housing section. The conductive element is electrically open.
1 . A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
a first housing section including a metallic portion; and
a second housing section movably coupled to the first housing section, the second housing section being provided with an antenna, the second housing section being provided with a conductive element which covers a portion of the antenna from the metallic portion regardless of a position of the second housing section relative to the first housing section, the conductive element being electrically open.
2 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 further comprising a hinge portion, wherein
the second housing section is coupled to the first housing section through the hinge portion.
3 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive element is shaped to overlap a portion of the metallic portion upon the metallic portion being positioned closest to the antenna.
4 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the antenna covered from the metallic portion by the conductive element includes a feed point of the antenna.
5 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive element is provided so as to occupy more than 15 percent of an area of the metallic portion as viewed from the portion of the antenna covered from the metallic portion by the conductive element.
6 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing section is constituted by including a case formed by a metallic material as the metallic portion.
7 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing section includes a metallic member as the metallic portion.
8 . A mobile communication terminal which can be deformed into a plurality of shapes including a first shape and a second shape, comprising:
an antenna; and
a conductive element provided at a position which is equally distant from the antenna upon the mobile communication terminal being in the first shape and in the second shape, the conductive element being a conductor arranged closest to the antenna at the position regardless of which of the first shape and the second shape the mobile communication terminal is in.
9 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8 further comprising a first housing section and a second housing section, wherein
the mobile communication terminal is constituted by the first housing section and the second housing section hinge-coupled to each other, the mobile communication terminal being deformed into the first shape and the second shape as the first housing section changes a position relative to the second housing section,
the first housing section is provided with a metallic member,
the second housing section is provided with the antenna, and
the conductive element is provided at a position in the second housing section where the conductive element covers the antenna from the metallic member.
10 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive element is shaped into a shape which covers the whole antenna, the conductive element being provided at the position where the conductive element covers the antenna from the metallic member regardless of which of the first shape and the second shape the mobile communication terminal is in.
11 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive element is shaped into a shape which covers a feed point of the antenna, the conductive element being provided at the position where the conductive element covers the antenna from the metallic member regardless of which of the first shape and the second shape the mobile communication terminal is in.
12 . The mobile communication terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive element is shaped into a shape which covers a feed point of the antenna, the conductive element being provided at the position where the conductive element covers the antenna from the metallic member regardless of in which of the first shape and the second shape the mobile communication terminal is in such a way that an overlapping ratio with the metallic member provided to the first housing section is equal to or more than 15 percent.