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US 6,686,887 B2Granted
Radio communication card
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Kasuya, Yuji Shinozaki
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AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Kasuya, Yuji Shinozaki
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The invention relates to a radio communication card and makes it possible to mount it in an existing card slot by providing an antenna portion on a surface of a card body. There is provided a radio communication card that can be mounted in a card slot of an information processing apparatus. A radio communication logic is contained in the card body and, on a surface of the card body, there is provided an antenna portion which forms at least a part of the surface of the card body. The antenna portion is configured such that it can be moved between a first position of the card body in which it is contained in the card body and a second position in which it protrudes from the card body.
A radio communication card comprising:
A radio communication card comprising:
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Used with computer equipment: associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
Using an arrangement for ejection of an inserted card: the ejection arrangement being of the push-push kind
Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof: pivotable antennas
Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith: formed by a conductive layer on an…
Term ended 23 Apr 2022 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a radio communication card that is mounted in card slots of various information processing apparatus (such as personal computers and personal digital assistants) to allow radio communication.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is an illustration of a radio communication card of a first embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D are illustrations of the radio communication card of the first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is an illustration of an antenna moving mechanism of the radio communication card of the first embodiment of the invention;
A radio communication card according to preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16.
1. Summary of the Radio Communication Card
Radio communication cards according to the embodiments are used as cards for radio communication such as wireless LAN cards or Blue Tooth (a registered trademark of Ericsson Inc.) cards that are mounted in card slots of various information processing apparatus (personal computers and personal digital assistants, for example) to allow radio communication.