Patent ID: 8253634

Claim:
A radio apparatus comprising: a first housing; a first antenna element which includes a conductive frame forming the first housing; a second housing; a second antenna element which is provided at the second housing; a connecting section which connects a long side of the first housing and a long side of the second housing to each other; a ground pattern of the second housing which ground pattern is connected to the first antenna element via the connecting section; a circuit board which is provided in the second housing and which has a ground pattern; a radio circuit which is provided in the circuit board; a first feeding section which is connected to the radio circuit and which supplies electric power to the first antenna element via the connecting section; and a second feeding section which is connected to the radio circuit and which supplies electric power to the second antenna element, wherein the long-side direction length of the first housing and the second housing is about λ/4 or shorter than λ/4 of the use frequency of the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the second antenna element is provided at a long-side direction end section of the second housing, and wherein the first antenna element and the second antenna element are operated in the same frequency band.