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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Eric C Kulberg, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless portable phone handset for use in satellite communication systems having a vertically correcting antenna module pivotally secured to the handset for free rotation about a pivot axis. The antenna module contains a magnetic actuator mechanism for urging the module to pivot into a predetermined vertical orientation regardless of the handset orientation. An antenna projects from the module in a direction which is vertically upright when the module is in its predetermined vertical orientation. As the handset is moved into an angular orientation, the module pivots under influence of gravity, and a magnetic field from a magnetic driver, until the antenna is oriented vertically.