With Casing Or Housing Patents (Class 455/128)
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Patent number: 7801577Abstract: A battery cover grounding device for a portable terminal including a metallic battery cover is provided. The grounding device includes a grounding member installed on the terminal to be connected to a grounding surface of the terminal and to be in contact with the battery cover. The grounding member has a cover protrusion formed on the battery cover and a grounding protrusion attached to the terminal to contact the cover protrusion. In this manner, the metallic battery cover is connected to the grounding surface of the terminal to minimize the possibility of current leakage, to improve the stability of the operation of the terminal, and to minimize potential malfunctions of the terminal due to static electricity.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: You-Jin Lee
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Patent number: 7769355Abstract: A substantially rectangular shaped power amplifier module includes a power amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signals, a bias control terminal and a power sensing terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, an input terminal and a ground terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, and an output terminal and one or more power supply terminals disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Micro Mobio CorporationInventors: Ikuroh Ichitsubo, Kanya Kubota, Wen Chung Liu
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Patent number: 7764936Abstract: An electronic device having a configuration which has an operation body formed in substantially a flat shape and in which a side wall of a lower case is brought into elastic contact with an upper case, and a switch provided on a circuit board is sealed in space formed by the circuit board, the side wall and the operation body. A flange that increases the size of the outer shape of the operation body is not required to be formed, it is possible to obtain an electronic device having dustproof and waterproof performances and having a small size.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Nakasono, Masami Segawa
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Publication number: 20100178887Abstract: A blast shield includes a blast resistant housing having a transmission wall which allows transmission of wireless signals therethrough. The shield is especially useful for withstanding external explosions, shock waves and thermal shock such as may occur during the collapse or explosions in underground mines, buildings or other environments while protecting internal components such as wireless transmitters and sensitive electronic equipment. The shield is also configured to prevent electrical arcing or explosions within the housing from escaping the housing and igniting flammable material external to the housing. A wireless transmission system using the blast shield and a method of use are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventor: Michael J. Millam
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Patent number: 7751181Abstract: A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device (100), the battery cover assembly includes a cover (10), a housing (30) and a button mechanism (20). The cover defines a button hole (12). The housing defines a first stopper groove (345) and a second stopper groove (365). The button mechanism includes a slidable element (22), a latching element (24) and a swinging element (26). The slidable element includes an operation portion (2224) and a fixed portion (226). The operation portion is slidably received in the button hole, and the fixed portion is releasably locked in the first stopper groove. The latching element includes an extending portion (244) releasably locked in the second stopper groove. The swinging element connects the slidable element to the latching element.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) LimitedInventor: Yong Chen
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Patent number: 7728209Abstract: A stringed instrument wireless communication device includes a wireless communication device housing including a front; graphical elements on the front corresponding to data to be input into the wireless communication device; and a stringed instrument keypad including a plurality of frets extending along the front of the wireless communication device housing and a plurality of strings extending substantially perpendicular to and above the plurality of frets. The graphical elements are respectively disposed on the front between frets and adjacent to the strings, and the stringed instrument keypad is configured to input data corresponding to a pressed string and a graphical element adjacent to the pressed string.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Kyocera Wireless CorpInventor: Thomas A. Arnold
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Patent number: 7697964Abstract: A portable terminal includes: a first housing; a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing to open or close the housings. A hinge device interconnects the first and second housings. The hinge device provides first and second hinge axes extending perpendicular to each other, wherein the hinge device limits the rotation of the second housing about the second hinge axis when the second housing has been rotated about the hinge axis to the open position, and the hinge device limits the rotation of the second housing about the first hinge axis when the second housing has been rotated to the open position. The portable terminal with the inventive dual axis hinge device is configured in such a way that one housing can be positioned at the top side or lateral side of the other housing, whereby it is convenient to use the portable terminal and it is possible to secure structural stability and reliability.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Jun Hwang
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Patent number: 7672732Abstract: An apparatus for powering an implant includes first energy interface elements, a removeably attachable holding device and a first energy source, such as a battery. An energy conversion circuit converts first energy into second energy which is transmitted within the body of the patient to the implant. Also, an apparatus for providing information to an implant that includes first energy interface elements and a housing that includes a processor operatively coupled to the first energy interface elements and an energy source operatively coupled to the processor. The processor is structured to generate an information signal and cause the signal to be transmitted within the body of the patient for delivery to the implant. Associated methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Mingui Sun, Robert J. Sclabassi, Daliang L. Li, Jun Zhao, Steven Hackworth
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Publication number: 20100029203Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a transmitter configured to supply an information signal as an electric field to a transmission medium; a receiver configured to detect the electric field through the transmission medium to acquire the information signal; an insulating casing that accommodates at least one of the transmitter and the receiver; and a filling member that is arranged at least one of between the casing and the transmitter and between the casing and the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki HEBIGUCHI, Mitsuharu NAKASATO, Makoto SASAKI, Daichi INOUE, Yoshiharu SAITO
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Patent number: 7657245Abstract: An electronic device is equipped with a wireless unit board for transmitting and receiving a radio signal to and from external equipment, where an accommodation space for the wireless unit board is enclosed by a side plate of a casing of the electronic device, a first shield plate covering a circuit board, and a second shield plate holding a main control board thereupon and disposed substantially horizontally above the first shield plate. The wireless unit board is disposed in the accommodation space with one of opposed major surfaces thereof facing to the side plate of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshio Nakagawa, Takamitsu Kawai
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Patent number: 7643845Abstract: A transmission power control device is provided that includes: a transmission loss calculator that calculates a transmission loss in the electric wave transmission path between a mobile station and each base station; and a transmission power control information determiner that determines which transmission power control information is to be used in a transmission power control operation at the mobile station, based on transmission power control information transmitted from each base station to the mobile station and the transmission loss in the transmission path between the mobile station and each base station calculated by the transmission loss calculator.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Yukihiko Okumura, Shinsuke Ogawa
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Patent number: 7639983Abstract: A headstage for a Neural Data Acquisition System is shown and described. In one embodiment, the headstage includes at least one Input Pre-amplifier, and a multiplexer (MUX) for multiplexing at least one channel. In one embodiment, the input filter of the Input Pre-amplifier is tuned by adjusting the gate voltage of a transistor operating in sub-threshold mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Triangle BioSystems, Inc.Inventors: Pedro Irazoqui-Pastor, James C Morizio, Vinson L Go, Jack D Parmentier
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Patent number: 7630742Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless device including at least one locker structure. The locker structure includes a battery pack side coupling member (a first coupling member) protruding from the outer surface of a battery pack, the first coupling member having a hook formed at one side thereof and a structure tapered downward toward the battery pack (an incline structure) at the other side thereof, and a wireless device body side coupling member (a second coupling member) mounted in a body of the wireless device at the position corresponding to the first coupling member, the second coupling member including a coupling part which can be coupled with the hook, a member body having a rear protrusion formed at the position corresponding to the incline, and an elastic member mounted at the rear of the member body.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jongho Park, Byoung-Nam Kim, Seunghyun Bang, Sung-Dae Kim
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Publication number: 20090298449Abstract: A transmitter apparatus is provided that includes an actuator and a transmitter with a housing around an antenna and wireless transmission circuitry. The actuator is mounted to a structural element of a building and is at least partially exposed and accessible to a user. The housing is coupled to the actuator and is arranged and configured to extend at least partially into an opening in the structural element of the building. The housing generally surrounds transmission circuitry and an antenna. The transmission circuitry is arranged and configured to receive the actuations from the actuator and responsively transmit radio frequency (RF) signals to a remotely situated appliance via the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: HEATHCO, LLCInventors: Scott Blaise Tylicki, Jimmy David Claiborne, Timothy Gale Birdwell, Ronald Edward Anglikowski
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Publication number: 20090298450Abstract: A transmitter apparatus is provided that includes an actuator and a transmitter with a housing around an antenna and wireless transmission circuitry. The actuator is mounted to a structural element of a building and is at least partially exposed and accessible to a user. The housing is coupled to the actuator and is arranged and configured to extend at least partially into an opening in the structural element of the building. The housing generally surrounds transmission circuitry and an antenna. The transmission circuitry is arranged and configured to receive the actuations from the actuator and responsively transmit radio frequency (RF) signals to a remotely situated appliance via the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: HEATHCO, LLCInventors: Scott Blaise Tylicki, Jimmy David Claiborne, Timothy Gale Birdwell
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Publication number: 20090283534Abstract: In one embodiment, a storage container includes a container structure defining at least one storage chamber. The container structure includes multi-layer insulation (MLI) composite material having at least one thermally-reflective layer. The at least one thermally-reflective layer includes bandgap material that is transmissive to radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Searete LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Bowers, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K.Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Thomas J. Nugent, JR., Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Patent number: 7606540Abstract: An apparatus and method for using ambient RF power in a portable terminal are provided. In the charging apparatus, an antenna array receives RF signals left derelict in the air, a rectifier rectifies the RF signals to DC voltages, and a power storage stores the DC voltages as power.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seong-Ho Yoon
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Publication number: 20090258618Abstract: An accessory device for a field transmitter comprising an enclosure housing an electronic processing unit. Said device comprises a portable supporting body removably couplable with the transmitter and on which there are provided at least one activation unit which can be operated by a user, and an electronic processing circuit which is operatively interlocked with said activation unit and is suitable to be operatively connected to the electronics of the transmitter so as to transmit one or more signals thereto following actuation of the activation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2007Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: ABB S.p.AInventors: Andrea Moroni, Ronaldo Dos Santos
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Patent number: 7580687Abstract: A substantially rectangular shaped power amplifier module includes a power amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signals, a bias control terminal and a power sensing terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, an input terminal and a ground terminal disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module, and an output terminal and one or more power supply terminals disposed on the same side of the power amplifier module.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Micro Mobio CorporationInventors: Ikuroh Ichitsubo, Kanya Kubota, Wen Chung Liu
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Patent number: 7555326Abstract: A holder for a handless wireless communication device has triggering means at more than one location interacting with detecting means in the handheld wireless communication device for the handheld wireless communication device to detect whether or not it is present in the holder in any one of several possible orientations therein. The location of each of the triggering means corresponds to a different one of the possible orientations. In a more specific aspect of the invention, magnets are installed in the holder at more than one location, each location corresponding to a location sufficiently close to the detecting means, for example a proximity switch, in one of several orientations of the device in the holder.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Research in Motion LimitedInventor: James C. Infanti
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Patent number: 7555325Abstract: A protective sleeve for small portable electronic devices, in particular mobile or wireless telephones, is disclosed, comprising at least one strap-like elastic loop, which at least partly surrounds the external circumference of the device when applied to the device. According to the invention, only one loop (2) is provided which is a highly elastic tubular ring, the material, diameter, height and wall thickness of which are arranged such that, when tightly applied to the device, the external circumferential cover of the device is covered and the end edges of the loop are drawn elastically inwards on both front faces (5) of the device and lie thereon in the form of narrow strips (6), forming a frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Inventor: Jean Goros
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Patent number: 7551949Abstract: The invention relates to an enclosure, particularly a housing for a mobile telephone, comprised of a first enclosure base body and of a second enclosure base body with a seal made of a sealing material. This seal is joined in a fixed manner to the first enclosure base body and sealingly rests against a second edge of the second enclosure base body. The seal is made of an elastically deformable sealing material. The invention also relates to a method for producing a housing part for a mobile telephone provided with an elastic seal according to the two-color injection molding method.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Ernst Schworm
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Patent number: 7539523Abstract: The present invention is to provide a portable communication device with a rotating display, which comprises a phone body and a cover hingedly connected to the phone body. Thus, the cover may pivot about the phone body either in one direction to close onto the phone body or in the other opposite direction to open from the phone body. The cover comprises an opening for receiving a display having a first pivotal element provided at either side of the display and a second pivotal element provided at either side of the opening. The first pivotal element is connected to the second pivotal element at the same side and is adapted to turn relative thereto to form a pivot such that rotating the display in the opening on the opposite pivots will appropriately dispose either the screen of the display facing the phone body or in a direction opposing the phone body.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Inventec CorporationInventors: Chia-Min Cheng, Yin-Lung Huang
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Publication number: 20090122571Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to smart light apparatuses compunctions particularly well suited for providing wireless communications between a true vehicle and a died in being towed such as a trailer. A smart light controller comprising a process for his electrically associated with a traditional wiring harness associated with a two vehicle. The smart light controller detects light signals such as stop, left turn, right turn, and lights on and generates a corresponding RF control signals. The RF control signals are transmitted to smart lights associated with a vehicle can configured to receive the RF control signals. The smart light generates a light signal based on the receive control signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Isaiah Monty Simmons, William Monty Simmons, Joseph Frank Preta, Dominic Joseph Preta, Hans Christer Preta
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Publication number: 20090124220Abstract: A transmitter, in particular for mounting on the head of a process thermometer, has an upper part, a lower part, at least one connection unit and at least one electric contact element. The connection unit is arranged on the inside of the upper part and can be electrically contacted via the contact element from the outside of the upper part. The lower part is integrally formed using thermoplastic plastic and the upper part and the lower part are force-fit and/or form-fit with one another. A method for making the transmitter is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: INOR Process ABInventor: Hans-Owe Martensson
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Patent number: 7519404Abstract: A telephone comprises a first part (601) and a second part (602) attached thereto, said second part being movable in relation to the first part between a first position and a second position. The telephone further comprises in the first part a radio transmitter/receiver (604) and a connected antenna (603), and in the second part an arrangement for attaching the battery (610) to the second part.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Pekka Lonka, Mikael Kontkanen
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Patent number: 7519350Abstract: A structure is provided which is capable of reliably suppressing deformation caused by deterioration of a gasket member to maintain a dustproof function and of avoiding interference with other components mounted within electronic devices including a liquid crystal display panel. When the gasket member is made flat due to its secular changes (in geometry) and is made to extend in its width direction and, as a result, its inner wall face is deformed toward a central portion of an aperture attributed to an increase in the width of the gasket member, the deformation is suppressed by making an outer wall face of a stopping rib press the inner wall face of the gasket member.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shigehiro Terada
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Patent number: 7509143Abstract: A telecommunications card which includes a cavity in which an antenna structure is movably mounted between a first position in which the antenna structure is substantially located within the cavity and a second position in which the antenna structure is extended from the cavity, the telecommunications card further including moving mechanism for moving the antenna structure from the first position to the second position, the antenna structure comprising a slide portion and an antenna portion which are movably connected to each other, wherein the antenna structure further including an erecting mechanism for erecting the antenna portion from the second position to a third position suitable for wireless communication with a telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: OptionInventors: Richard Lintern, Charles Dillon, Nick Ward
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Publication number: 20090068954Abstract: Method and apparatus for communicating with a sealed electronic device via the electronic device's existing data ports for programming, testing configuration or diagnosis of the electronic device such as a transmitter unit for use in a data monitoring and management system such as analyte monitoring and management system is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventors: Christopher V. Reggiardo, Brad B. Etter
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Publication number: 20090004982Abstract: A portable device for data communication using a body as a conductor to transmit data to a receiver, the portable device includes a data receiving unit to receive data, a controller unit to control processing of data to be transmitted, a current limiting circuit to limit a current of a signal corresponding to the data to be transmitted to a predetermined value, and transmitting electrodes connected to the current limiting circuit and to contact the body to transmit the signal having the current of predetermined value to the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Tae-Song KIM, Jong-Oh PARK, Byung-Kyu KIM, Jin-Seok KIM, Han- CHEUNG, Won-Woo CHO, Nan-Young YOON, Young-Roh KIM
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Publication number: 20080311868Abstract: An RF air coil transponder includes a rotatable carrier, such as a rigid reel. A coil is wound about the reel and at least one field influencing body for influencing the electric and/or the magnetic field within the coil is supported by the reel. The rigidity of the reel enables the coil to keep its form and guarantees precise distances between windings, especially when a winding machine forms the coil. Adjusting the angular position, shape, composition, size, and/or surface are of the body effects adjustment of the resonant frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Sileno Oggian, Roberto Malfanti, Takamasa Ishii
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Publication number: 20080299924Abstract: According to one embodiment, An information processor includes a main unit, a display unit configured to be connected to the main unit so as to be rotated, an antenna configured to be built into the display unit, a detection unit configured to detect a state of the display unit, a storage unit configured to store a gain value of the antenna corresponding to the state of the display unit, and a setting unit configured to read to set the gain value of the antenna from the storage unit in response to the state of the display unit detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Anwar Sathath
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Publication number: 20080291627Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing electronic components such as used in telecommunication systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber, with the housing comprising a front wall having an outer surface and a length dimension greater than a width dimension. A pair of opposing side walls are each contiguous with the front wall, and a pair of opposing end walls are each contiguous with the side walls and the front wall. A plurality of non-removable heat transfer fins are an integral part of the outer surface of the front wall. The fins are positioned at an angle with respect to the length dimension of the front wall, with each of the fins having a continuous uninterrupted structure across the outer surface between the opposing side walls. A removable back cover opposite the front wall is configured to seal the chamber of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Larry G. Fischer, Eric S. Moreau, Gregory Martell
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Patent number: 7454239Abstract: A holder for a handless wireless communication device has triggering means at more than one location interacting with detecting means in the handheld wireless communication device for the handheld wireless communication device to detect whether or not it is present in the holder in any one of several possible orientations therein. The location of each of the triggering means corresponds to a different one of the possible orientations. In a more specific aspect of the invention, magnets are installed in the holder at more than one location, each location corresponding to a location sufficiently close to the detecting means, for example a proximity switch, in one of several orientations of the device in the holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: James C. Infanti
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Patent number: 7440741Abstract: A method and system for over-the-air testing of a radio transreceiver is described. The radio transreceiver is placed in an enclosure box that is shielded to prevent leakage of RF energy. A nest assembly holds in place the radio transreceiver during testing to provide repeatable results with different radios. The testing assembly allows high volume characterization of the radio transreceiver performance in an environment rich with interfering RF signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Comerford, Francisco Naranjo
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Patent number: 7421258Abstract: A compact industrial process transmitter is provided having an electronics module that includes a top surface with a plurality of lead attachment points thereon. At least one of the lead attachment points disposed on the top surface of the compact temperature transmitter electronics module includes a upwardly extending external lead attachment clip. In some aspects, a plurality of upwardly extending lead attachment clips as well as lead attachment points that have a lead wire engaging surface that is substantially flush with or raised above the top surface of the compact temperature transmitter electronics module.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Rosemount Inc.Inventors: Dirk W. Bauschke, Hiep Huu Nguyen
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Patent number: 7421265Abstract: A network device is disclosed, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a transceiver adapted to transmit and receive information and an internal antenna and an external antenna connector coupled to the transceiver. A housing encloses the transceiver, the internal antenna, and the external antenna connector, with the housing having a door operable to provide access to the external antenna connector for coupling an external antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Calvin Y. Liu
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Patent number: 7415292Abstract: Disclosed is a charging cradle for seating a portable device both horizontally and vertically. The charging cradle for a portable device includes a cradle body, a support body supporting the cradle body on a rear side of the cradle body, a first slot defined and surrounded by an inner wall of the cradle body, so as to seat the portable device therein in such a manner that the portable device can stand in a vertical direction of the cradle body, and a second slot formed before the first slot and extending in a horizontal direction of the cradle body, so as to seat the portable device therein in such a manner that the portable device can be placed in the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Sang Park, In-Gon Park, Chang-Soo Lee
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Patent number: 7412214Abstract: A radio input device includes a holding part to be held by an operator; an operation part to be operated by the operator; a transmission part transmitting radio waves from an antenna according to the operation of the operation part; and a blocking part avoiding influence of a surrounding electric conductor on the radio waves.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu Component LimitedInventor: Masahiro Yanagi
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Patent number: 7412269Abstract: A portable electronic device provided with interface means which include an LCD and function keys (7, 8). The device is provided with a left-hand mode and a right-hand mode to facilitate operation of the interface whether the device is held in the right hand or the left hand. A control means is provided for selectively transferring from one mode to the other mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Sony EMCS (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.Inventors: Kap Soung Lee, Ying Cheh Tan
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Patent number: 7395095Abstract: A mobile communication terminal with an acoustic chamber for a hands-free speaker. The acoustic chamber is closed or sealed by a removable lid that checks or mates with the chassis or with rear cover of the terminal. The removable lid is arranged to be secured in a releasable manner, allowing access to the acoustic chamber for repairing or replacing the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Cornelia Schrack
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Patent number: 7392069Abstract: A bangle or handle for supporting a mobile station that includes a continuous loop of resiliently compressible material. A portion of the length of the handle is configured to fit within a channel defined in a housing of the mobile station. A second length portion extends from the housing to form a loop of the handle that can be gripped by the user, or otherwise used to suspend the mobile station. The handle may also include a conducting element that extends through the loop and is in communication with a conducting contact of the loop. The conducting contact of the continuous loop can be positioned in overlying contact with a conducting contact of the housing of the mobile station. Such contact supplies power or signals to, and receives power or signals from, a device such as a light, fan, noise generator or camera, connected to the second length portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Andrew Julian Gartrell, Steven Arthur Shaw
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Patent number: 7383030Abstract: A distributed data transmitter (DTXR) which is an adaptive data communication microwave transmitter having a distributable architecture of modular components, and which incorporates both digital and microwave technology to provide substantial improvements in physical and operational flexibility. The DTXR has application in, for example, remote data acquisition involving the transmission of telemetry data across a wireless link, wherein the DTXR is integrated into and utilizes available space within a system (e.g., a flight vehicle). In a preferred embodiment, the DTXR broadly comprises a plurality of input interfaces; a data modulator; a power amplifier; and a power converter, all of which are modularly separate and distinct so as to be substantially independently physically distributable and positionable throughout the system wherever sufficient space is available.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Dewayne Brown, David Dunson
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Patent number: 7383029Abstract: A transmitter having a structure causing no complicated manufacturing process and no damage of a sealing rubber and capable of certainly preventing an electronic substrate from coming off in exchanging a battery is provided. An inner plate is a component, which has a bending type of unseparated segmentation structure and which is molded into one body, and the inner plate is molded with protruded portions engaging with grooves formed in an inner surface of an upper case and elastic pieces engaging with a periphery of the electronic substrate. The bent inner plate is placed on the electronic substrate and a force for canceling the bending state is added so that the protruded portions would engage with the grooves of the upper case and the elastic pieces would engage with the periphery of the electronic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Satoru Sasaki, Manabu Sakai
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Publication number: 20080125065Abstract: Remote controls that are configured to prevent inadvertent signal transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Stephen D. Das, Jose P. Bernardo, Daniel H. Villegas, Scott R. Gibson, Timothy John Payne, Scott LaVoy Conway, Joseph Wayne Vandegriff
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Publication number: 20080125064Abstract: Remote controls that are configured to prevent inadvertent signal transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Stephen D. Das, Jose P. Bernardo, Daniel H. Villegas, Scott R. Gibson, Timothy John Payne, Scott LaVoy Conway, Joseph Wayne Vandegriff
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Publication number: 20080049479Abstract: A combined modulator and inverter for use in transmitting audio files to a receiver. The combined modulator and inverter enables the usage of various devices in a vehicle that utilize different types of power sources. Audio devices may be used with the modulator and inverter to play the devices over a radio. The device may also have the ability to play audio files received from devices enabled to store digital flies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Mervin A. Dayan, Maurice S. Dayan
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Patent number: 7333777Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a removable panel (100), a base cover (200) and a latching assembly (300). The removable panel has a first mounting portion (120). The base cover has a second mounting portion (240) corresponding to the first mounting portion of the removable panel. The latching assembly includes a lacking fastener (320) and a coil spring (340), wherein the latching assembly is effective to nail the removable panel into the housing through the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion. Therefore, it is simple, tight and easy for current invention using the latching assembly to fix the removable panel to the base cover, or to disassemble the removable panel away.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading LimitedInventors: Shui Yuan Qin, Chia-Hua Chen, Lin Hu, Qing Ming Huang
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Patent number: 7324824Abstract: A plug-in network appliance is disclosed. In one aspect, a network appliance performs a bridge between two wireless communication formats. In another aspect, a network appliance is deployed to perform position location services. In another aspect, a mesh network comprising one or more network appliances is deployed. A mesh network comprising one or more network appliances may be deployed to perform position location services. A plug-in form factor is described. A network appliance may convert power received from a plug in a first format to power in a second format for powering various components. A network appliance may connect with a wireless network and/or a network connected through a plug. A plug-in network appliance may connect to a weight-bearing outlet. Various other aspects are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Awarepoint CorporationInventors: Derek M. Smith, James D. Adams, Nicolas C. Nierenberg, Joseph C. Baker
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Patent number: RE40116Abstract: A mobile client device, such as a wireless mobile or a palm sized personal digital assistant, is provided with a number of sensors and companion programming instructions/circuitry to generate a heart rate reading for a user holding the device. The sensors are used to sense blood flow rate of the user. The sensors are advantageously disposed in a distributed manner, in a number of locations of the mobile client device. The programming instructions/circuitry are used to infer a holding pattern of the device, and generate the heart rate reading, using a subset of the sensed data, based at least in part on the inferred holding pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Inventor: G. Eric Engstrom