Kyocera Corporation

Mamoru Tsumuraya

Shinichi Nakada

Takaaki Watanabe

An electronic equipment having a mechanism which, when a display unit side housing and an operation unit side housing are closed together, holds the housings without rattle. The electronic equipment has a first housing, a second housing provided on the first housing so as to be rotatable about a first pivot axis, and a third housing provided on the second housing so as to be rotatable about a second pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the first pivot axis. In order that the third housing tilts toward the first housing when the third housing is closed on the first housing, a flat surface perpendicular to the second pivot axis is constructed so as to form a predetermined angle relative to a flat surface of the first housing facing the third housing.

Electronic equipment

A digital portable radio having a plane antenna, which minimizes the area of a board occupied by a built-in antenna without deteriorating gain. More specifically, a built-in antenna radiation element having a conductor capable of being electrically connected to a power feed circuit provided on the circuit substrate is fixed on the internal wall of the casing. A built-in antenna which accomplishes high gain and occupies a small area is obtained. Further, the antenna radiation element is formed from a metal plate and has a branch where one end of a longer radiation element formed from a thin metal plate is connected to one end of a shorter radiation element, and the other end of each of the radiation elements is open. Further, gap is formed by bringing the open end of the longer radiation element in close proximity to the open end of the shorter radiation element. Impedance matching is accomplished by utilization of coupling capacitance developed in the gap. The antenna radiation element becomes a quarter &lgr; non-grounding multiple resonance built-in antenna by feeding of power to the branch. This antenna is fitted on the internal wall of the casing of the portable radio.

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Yokohama, Japan

Mamoru Tsumuraya