Patent ID: 8090419

Claim:
A folding-type portable wireless equipment including a first case and a second case, comprising: a first circuit board associated with the first case; a second circuit board associated with the second case; a bendable plane-shaped coupling member which is nonconductive and mechanically couples the first case and the second case; a flexible coupling conductor which is arranged in the bendable plane-shaped coupling member and electrically couples the first circuit board and the second circuit board; a radio circuit portion associated with the second circuit board; an antenna element which is arranged in the bendable plane-shaped coupling member, electrically coupled to the radio circuit portion via a feeder line and electrically connected to a ground pattern on the second circuit board; and a switching means which, when the folding-type mobile wireless equipment is opened, electrically connects the first circuit board and the antenna element, whereby the first circuit board and the ground pattern on the second circuit board perform as a first antenna and the antenna element performs as an extension of the feeder line to the first antenna, and when the folding-type mobile wireless equipment is closed, electrically disconnects the first circuit board and the antenna element, whereby the antenna element performs as a second antenna.