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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Sang-Min Nam, Suwon-shi, KR;
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A foldable and stretchable antenna for a smart phone being installed in the interior of an upper body of the smart phone. The upper body has a prolonged groove formed at an upper end thereof and an opening formed at an inner end portion of the prolonged groove. A spring is placed in the opening and a protrusion is mounted on the spring, thus being movable up and down. A stretchable antenna is rotatably mounted on the protrusion by means of a hinge pin. The antennal has a plurality of concaves formed at a bottom and a side thereof so that the protrusion is stuck in the concaves when the antenna is folded and unfolded. Further the lower body includes a holding element for holding the antenna in the prolonged groove when the upper body is folded down to the lower body. The smart phone can include a cellular communications center and a personal digital assistant.