Patent ID: 8330658
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H01Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable communication device comprising: a first housing and a second housing placed one on another; a slide mechanism that allows said second housing to slidably move relative to said first housing between an open state wherein both said housings have a minimum overlapped area and a closed state wherein both said housings have a maximum overlapped area; a wireless circuit installed in said first housing; a first antenna installed in said second housing; a noncontact switching member that connects together said first antenna and said wireless circuit by a noncontact connection in said open state, and disconnects said noncontact connection at least in said closed state; and a housing-state detection member that detects whether both said housings are in said open state or said closed state, wherein: said first housing further includes a second antenna connected to said wireless circuit; said portable communication device further comprises an antenna switching member that selectively connects said first antenna or said second antenna to said wireless circuit, and said antenna switching member connects together said wireless circuit and said second antenna after said housing-state detection member detects said closed state.