Patent ID: 7482982

Claim:
A wireless communication device with a multipart case, the device comprising: a multipart case comprising: a first planar groundplane section; a second planar groundplane section having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the second groundplane section being substantially coplanar with the first groundplane section in a case-open position of the multipart case, and substantially bi-planar with the first groundplane section in a case-closed position of the multipart case; an antenna located adjacent the second groundplane section first end; a first interface electrically connecting the first groundplane section to the second groundplane section second end and comprising multiple layers of flexible dielectric with signal paths and a ground conduction path, and connectors joining the ground conduction path to the first groundplane section and second groundplane section; and a second interface electrically connecting the first groundplane section to the second groundplane section second end and comprising multiple layers of flexible dielectric with signal paths and a ground conduction path, and connectors joining the ground conduction path to the first groundplane section and second groundplane section.