US 7,373,184 B2
Portable radio communication apparatus and connection member
Yuuhei Kurono, Hachioji (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/757,522.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-040877 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0162120 A1, Aug. 19, 2004
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—575.1  [455/575.3; 455/90.3] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable radio communication apparatus comprising:
a main body including a first housing, a second housing and a hinge foldably coupling the first and second housings;
a first circuit board provided in the first housing;
a second circuit board provided in the second housing;
an electric part provided in the second housing independent from the second circuit board; and
a single-piece flexible connection member extending through the hinge and electrically connected between the first and second circuit boards and having a branched portion, as a part of the single-piece connection member, electrically connected at least one of the first and second circuit boards to the electric part.