Patent ID: 8310825

Claim:
A portable computing device comprising: a display unit and a base unit coupled via a hinge such that a surface of the display unit is parallel to a surface of the base unit when the portable computing device is manipulated into a folded position; the display unit comprising a display panel and a radiating element of an antenna, the radiating element disposed at an end of the display unit that is distal to the hinge; and the base unit comprising one or more information handling components and a metal base chassis, the metal base chassis defining a keep out aperture at an end of the base unit that is distal to the hinge, the keep out aperture being axially displaced from a position of the radiating element when the portable computing device is manipulated into the folded position, and the keep out aperture being substantially devoid of metal material from the metal base chassis, wherein a portion of the metal base chassis extends to an end of the keep out aperture that is distal to the hinge.