Patent ID: 6618013
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A wireless communication system comprising:an electronic device including a housing and an opening in the housing; and a communication card that is sized and configured to be selectively inserted and removed from the opening in the housing, the communication card being electrically connected to the electronic device when the communication card is inserted through the opening in the housing of the electronic device, the communication card being capable of providing wireless communication abilities to the electronic device, the communication card comprising: a body portion including an upper surface and a lower surface; and an antenna portion including an upper surface and a lower surface, the antenna portion being slidably movable along a longitudinal axis relative to the body portion, the antenna portion being movable between an extended position and a retracted position when the communication card is electrically connected to the electronic device, the antenna portion being movable between an extended position in which the antenna portion is at least substantially disposed outside the housing of the electronic device and a retracted position in which the antenna portion is at least substantially disposed inside the housing of the electronic device, the communication card conforming with the Personal Computer (PC) card standards when the antenna portion is in the retracted position, the upper surface and the lower surface of the body portion and the antenna portion being substantially aligned in the same plane and substantially contiguous when the antenna portion is in the retracted position.