Patent ID: 6321099
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
A portable phone having a single antenna for communicating with a radio base station, a receiver and transmitter, comprising:detection means for detecting a signal of a predetermined band of both a receiving call received by said signal antenna from said radio base station and a sending call from the portable phone to be transmitted by the single antenna,a mold,a supporting rod loosely attached to a bottom of said mold and for supporting one end of said single antenna,a first spring provided with a periphery of said supporting rod and pressing said supporting rod in an extension direction of said single antenna,a piston which is so set to move inside or outside of said mold through a space formed in a side wall of said mold,a second spring provided with a periphery of said piston with its left end fixed thereto,a latch attached to an inner wall of said mold opposite to said piston so as to rotate in relation with a bearing point and for keeping said supporting rod in a position where said single antenna is retracted,an electromagnet placed outside said mold opposite to said piston, andwherein said electromagnet sets said second spring free from said latch and releasing said supporting rod from control with said latch, when said detection means detects at least one signal of a predetermined band of both a receiving call and a sending call.