Patent ID: 7042404
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A communications device operative to transmit and receive communications signals, comprising first and second enclosures coupled by a pivotable joint joining the first and the second enclosures along an edge of each of the first and the second enclosures, wherein the first and the second enclosures comprise respective first and second surfaces, and wherein the communications device is in a closed state when the first and the second surfaces are disposed in a proximate facing relation, and wherein the communications device is in a open state when the first and the second surfaces are disposed in a spaced apart relation by pivoting of the first and the second enclosures with respect to the pivotable joint, the communications device comprising: within the first enclosure; within the second enclosure; wherein at least one of the first feed terminal and the first ground terminal are positioned on the radiating element to minimize coupling between the radiating element and the second ground plane when the communications device is the open state.