Patent ID: 7266399
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A clamshell type portable wireless terminal having an upper housing and a lower housing connected to each other through a hinge, comprising: a projection section projecting outward near a hinge section of said lower housing; and a built-in antenna housed in said projection section and having an antenna element in a linear or plate shape, said antenna element being formed of a first element portion having a base end side connected to a feed point and a second element portion having a main surface forming a predetermined angle with a main surface of the first element portion, wherein at least a part of said antenna element on an open end side is disposed at a position which is hardly to be covered by a hand or finger of a user when the user uses the terminal, and wherein said second element portion is connected to a side portion on an end side of said first element portion and forms a part of said open end side.