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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Ronald Gulino, Atlanta, GA (US);
Pamela L Martin, San Diego, CA (US);
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device has a main housing and an antenna housing rotatably mounted on the main housing for rotation between a first, stored position alongside the main housing and at least one operative position. The antenna housing has a tubular extension projecting away from the first axis. A telescoping antenna element is slidably mounted in the tubular extension for telescoping movement between a retracted position and a deployed position extending out of the tubular extension as the antenna housing rotates between the first and operative positions. A flexible member secures the antenna to a rotatable actuator within the antenna housing for pushing the antenna element back and forth between its two positions as the antenna housing is rotated.