Patent ID: 7042404

Claim:
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; a radio frequency signal radiating element comprising a first feed terminal and a first ground terminal; a first substrate spaced apart from the radiating element and comprising a ground plane having a second ground terminal, the substrate further comprising a second feed terminal; a first conductive element connected between the first and the second feed terminals; a second conductive element connected between the first and the second ground terminals; within the second enclosure; a second ground plane; 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.