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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Yuichiro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Seiichi Nakanishi, Ishikawa, JP;
Masanori Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Saitoh, Ishikawa, JP;
Yuichiro Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Seiichi Nakanishi, Ishikawa, JP;
Masanori Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouta Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Saitoh, Ishikawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Herein disclosed is a portable wireless device, comprising: a first casehaving a metal portion; a second case; a hinge portionoperative to rotatably connect the first case with the second case; a circuit boardhaving a ground pattern, the circuit board accommodated in the second case; and a feed portion connected to the circuit board, the hinge portionhaving a rotating shaftformed by a conductive metal, and the first case, the rotating shaftand the ground pattern collectively function as an antenna element, wherein the portable wireless device further comprises a first conductor elementaccommodated in the first casein spaced-apart relationship with the rotating shaftwith a predetermined gap, the first conductor element having an electrical length substantially equal to a half wavelength of a wireless frequency.