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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Noriyoshi Satoh, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Sato, Sendai, JP;
Yasunori Komukai, Sendai, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal that can suppress the deterioration of a gain of an antenna either in an opening state or in a closing state. The communication terminal includes a hinge part for connecting a first casing member () to a second casing member () so as to freely open and close, a second antenna () provided near the hinge part in the second casing member () and a flexible base for connecting together first and second printed circuit boards () and () respectively provided in the first and second casing members () and (). The hinge part includes a first rotating shaft serving as an axis when the two casing members () and () rotate in opposed directions and a second rotating shaft serving as an axis upon rotating in a direction perpendicular to the rotating direction by the first rotating shaft. The flexible base is disposed in one end side of the first rotating shaft and a feeding part () of the second antenna () is disposed in the other end side of the first rotating shaft.