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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343702 ; 343895 ;
Abstract
In an antenna apparatus, a monopole antenna element connected to an antenna matching circuit via a first contact 105 when a whip antenna is extended; a helical antenna element connected to the antenna matching circuit via a second contact when the whip antenna is accommodated; and a parasitic helical element disposed in close proximity to the helical antenna element at a spacing which is sufficiently small with respect to the wavelength of a first frequency band of a radio circuit.