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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Tadashi Yasuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Akinari Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Ienobu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Yasuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Akinari Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Ienobu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With the object of providing an electronic device having good radio signal receiving characteristics with a metal outer case housing therewithin an antenna section without restrictions imposed with regard to material or design, an electronic device minimally having an antenna section, an information processing meansfor processing information that is captured by the antenna section, and a metal outer case, which houses therewithin the antenna sectionand the information processing means, wherein the metal outer case is configured so that the antenna sectioncan receive magnetic flux from outside via the metal outer caseand can resonate, the metal outer caseminimally comprising a metal case body memberand a metal caseback member, and wherein a joining and fixing portionbetween the metal case body memberand the metal caseback memberis not provided at a location or in the vicinity of at least a location opposite the substantially center part of the antenna section