Patent ID: 7009567
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A folding portable radio communication apparatus having an open state and a closed state, said folding portable radio communication apparatus comprising: an upper housing and a lower housing; and a hinge portion; wherein said upper and lower housings are foldable through said hinge portion, wherein at least one part of said upper housing is formed as a housing electrical conductor portion and is made of an electrically conductive material, wherein said hinge portion comprises first and second hinge parts which engage with each other so as to be rotatably slidable, wherein said first hinge part is made of an electrically conductive material and is electrically connected with said housing electrical conductor portion, wherein said second hinge part is made of an electrically conductive material and is electrically connected with a feeding point of a radio communication circuit provided in said lower housing of said apparatus, and wherein said housing electrical conductor portion is electrically coupled with said feeding point of said radio communication circuit through said first and second hinge parts in both of the open state and the closed state of said apparatus.