Patent ID: 8160658
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H01Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A foldable mobile telephone that comprises a first housing and a second housing connected to each other, wherein the first housing and the second housing have an overlap region that is a region overlapping therebetween in an unfolded state, within the overlap region, the first housing is more distant from a user's body than the second housing, in a positional relation with the user holding the telephone during a telephone call, the second housing includes a passive element as a reflector in the overlap region, and the passive element has substantially a same area as the overlap region, influences on characteristics of electric waves in a relation with the built-in antenna, is a reflector having an electrical length that is approximately half a wavelength relating to a resonant frequency, and is electrically disconnected from a display and all metallic members that are disposed in the second housing.