Patent ID: 6212414
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A wrist-carried radiotelephone operable without removing from a user's wrist, comprising:a detachable housing including a display and a battery, the housing, display and battery being detachable without removing the wrist-carried radiotelephone from the user's wrist;a wristband having rigid and flexing portions, the flexing portions mechanically connecting the rigid portions, the wristband being mechanically coupled to the housing;radiotelephone circuitry distributed within the wristband, the radiotelephone circuitry including circuit boards electrically interconnected by flexible interconnects contained within the rigid portions of the wristband, the circuitry being coupled to the display and the battery through the detachable housing; anda deployable antenna assembly that is mechanically coupled to the wristband on both sides of the detachable housing such that the antenna deploys in proximity to the detachable housing, the antenna is stowed in at least one rigid portion of the wristband on either side of the housing when not in use, and wherein when operating the radiotelephone the antenna is deployed out of the at least one rigid portion of the wristband such that the antenna assembly extends over the detachable housing.