| US 7,532,166 B2 | ||
| Antenna device for portable terminal | ||
| Dong-Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si (Korea, Republic of); Jinu Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Wan-Jin Choi, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/250,289. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0085874 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0097931 A1, May 11, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 343—702 [343/906] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An antenna device for a portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing assembled with the first housing
so as to be capable of slidingly moving relative to the first housing, the antenna device comprising:
an antenna pattern on an inner surface of the second housing; and
at least one connecting terminal, protruding from an outer surface of the first housing and making sliding electrical contact
with the antenna pattern,
wherein the second housing covers at least a portion of the first housing, and
wherein the at least one connecting terminal comprises:
a power feeding terminal, which protrudes from the outer surface of the first housing and slidingly contacts the antenna pattern;
and
a ground terminal, which protrudes from the outer surface of the first housing, and selectively contacts the antenna pattern
according to the position of the second housing relative to the first housing.
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