Mobile communication device and method for assembling the mobile communication device
View Patent ↗A mobile terminal device includes a circuit board accommodated in a casing and an antenna disposed on the outside of the casing electrically connected to each other via a opening formed in the casing, a first conductive member fixed to an inner surface of the casing while being connected to the circuit board, a second conductive member detachably attached to an outer surface of the casing while being connected to the antenna, and a conductive fastening member fitted into the opening from outside the casing and fastening the first conductive member and the second conductive member together.
1. A mobile communication device comprising:
a casing;
a circuit board accommodated in the casing;
an antenna disposed on an outside of the casing and electrically connected to the circuit board via a first opening formed in the casing;
a first conductive member attached to an inner surface of the casing and connected to the circuit board;
a second conductive member attached to an outer surface of the casing and connected to the antenna; and
a conductive fastening member fitted into the first opening from the side of the second conductive member to the side of the first conductive member and fastening the first conductive member and the second conductive member together,
wherein the second conductive member includes a second opening at an opposite end of the conductive fastening member so as to attach the second conductive member to the outer surface of the casing using the second opening.
2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising a waterproof member that seals, in a watertight manner, the first opening while the first conductive member and the second conductive member are fastened together by the fastening member.
3. The mobile communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the waterproof member is attached to the fastening member.
4. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive member includes a metal sheet including a connecting terminal that is brought into contact with the circuit board and a nut portion attached to the metal sheet and fitted into a recessed portion formed in the inner surface of the casing around the periphery of the first opening.
5. The mobile communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the fastening member includes a head having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first opening and a screw portion protruding from the head and being screwable into a screw hole in the nut portion, and fastens the first conductive member and the second conductive member together when the screw portion fitted into the first opening is screwed into the screw hole in the nut portion while the head pushes the second conductive member attached to the outer surface of the casing toward the outer surface of the casing.
6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive member includes a metal sheet having a connecting terminal that is brought into contact with the circuit board and a nut portion attached to the metal sheet and fitted into a recessed portion formed in the inner surface of the casing around the periphery of the first opening.
7. The mobile communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the second conductive member includes a bent strip-like shape extending from the antenna to the first opening along the outer surface of the casing, and includes a via hole corresponding to the first opening at an end of the second conductive member adjacent to the first opening.
8. The mobile communication device according to claim 7 , wherein the fastening member includes a head having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first opening and a screw portion protruding from the head and being screwable into a screw hole in the nut portion, and fastens the first conductive member and the second conductive member together when the screw portion fitted into the via hole and the first opening in sequence is screwed into the screw hole in the nut portion while the head pushes the second conductive member attached to the outer surface of the casing toward the outer surface of the casing.
9. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a conductive joint that joins the casing and another casing together such that the casings are movable with respect to each other.
10. A method for assembling a mobile communication device comprising:
accommodating a circuit board inside a casing;
disposing an antenna on an outside of the casing;
electrically connecting the antenna to the circuit board via a first opening formed in the casing;
attaching a first conductive member to an inner surface of the casing and connecting the first conductive member to the circuit board;
attaching a second conductive member to an outer surface of the casing and connecting the second conductive member to the antenna; and
fitting a conductive fastening member into the first opening from the side of the second conductive member to the side of the first conductive member so as to fasten the first conductive member and the second conductive member together,
wherein the second conductive member includes a second opening at an opposite end of the conductive fastening member so as to attach the second conductive member to the outer surface of the casing using the second opening.
11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
sealing, in a watertight manner, the first opening while the first conductive member and the second conductive member are fastened together by the fastening member.
12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein sealing, in a watertight manner, includes sealing the opening with a waterproof member that is attached to the fastening member.