Patent ID: 6259896
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
A portable radio telephone having a male body, and operating components including a headphone, keyboard, display and microphone positioned to be used from the exterior o said main body, an antenna, and a shield, said telephone characterized by:said antenna having a section for radiating electromagnetic radiation that extends out from said main body, said shield being made from electrically conductive material and being coupled at the operating frequency of the antenna to an electrical ground of the portable radio telephone; said shield under operational conditions being extended beyond said body and located between a user and the extended radiating section of the antenna such that it reduces electromagnetic irradiation of the user from said antenna;said shield being arranged to interfere with the headphone function by covering the headphone when said shield is in a rest position;said shield being constructed to interfere with the headphone by having said headphone mounted on said shield and dislocating the headphone from its unable location when said shield is in its rest position.