A portable communications apparatus

摘要

A portable communications apparatus (1) comprises a case (2) having a lower shell (5) and an upper shell (6) hingedly coupled to the lower shell (5), which together define a main hollow interior region (10). A chassis (35) onto which a laptop computer (45) is secured is removably located in the lower shell (5). A mobile phone compartment (90) for a mobile phone is located in the upper shell (6) and a satellite aerial (94) is located in an aerial compartment (89) in the upper shell (6), the mobile phone and aerial compartments (90,89) are closed by first and second closure plates (98, 104). An encryption board is located within the chassis (35) for encrypting and decrypting data to be transmitted and received via the apparatus (1), and a plurality of communication ports (116) are accessible through an access opening (115) which is closed by a third closure plate (117). The mobile phone is coupleable to the apparatus (1) by a telephone port (84) in a component housing (48) which is pivotally mounted on the chassis (35), and the satellite aerial (94) is coupleable to the apparatus through one of the communication ports (116). Sealing gaskets (30,135) are provided for sealing the lower and upper shells (5,6) when secured in the closed state and for sealing the third closure plate (117) to the lower shell (5) when in the closed state in order to prevent the ingress of moisture to the main hollow interior region (10). First and second routers in the chassis 35 route data through the apparatus (1).