With Casing Or Housing Patents (Class 455/128)
  • Patent number: 7315749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device. The casing has an opening face carrying user input elements and a display, and rails are located against movement relative to a spacing element to strengthen the casing against flexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Vertu Limited
    Inventors: Mark Hutchison, Cedric Allum
  • Publication number: 20070293166
    Abstract: Described is a protective device and system for a mobile computing device. The system comprises a rigid cage and a protective boot. The rigid cage is shaped to protect an attachment point of a mobile device receiving a removable connector. The rigid cage is shaped to receive the attachment point and the removable connector. The protective boot is shaped to receive the rigid cage and a portion of the mobile device. The portion of the mobile device includes the attachment point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Amir Weiss, Robert Spano
  • Publication number: 20070281639
    Abstract: A system can include an enclosure having an exterior surface and an interior region that is characterized by a width and a length that is longer than the width; a plurality of trays mounted in racks that line a majority of each side of the length of the interior region and that define an aisle therebetween which is suitable for passage by one or more human occupants; cooling coils configured to capture heat generated by the plurality of trays and exhaust the heat outside the interior region; a plurality of connections on the exterior surface for supplying electrical power to the plurality of trays, supplying cooling fluid to the cooling coils, and for receiving cooling fluid discharged from the cooling coils; and doors at either end of the aisle configured and positioned to facilitate emergency egress from the enclosure by a human occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Andrew Carlson, Steven Y. Chow, Winnie Leung, Montgomery Sykora, Donald L. Beaty
  • Patent number: 7289767
    Abstract: A wireless communication glasses has a pair of glasses, a wireless communication transceiver, a wireless transceiver module, an earphone and a microphone. The pair of glasses has a lens frame and a temple connecting with the lens frame. The wireless communication transceiver has a data cable connecting to a mobile phone. The wireless transceiver module is assembled on the temple of the glasses. The earphone is assembled on the temple of the glasses. The microphone is assembled on the temple of the glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventor: Chia Song Lai
  • Patent number: 7263390
    Abstract: A folding mobile phone comprises a panel housing, a motherboard housing and a blocker. The panel housing is hingedly connected with the motherboard housing by a pivot portion of the motherboard housing to have the folding mobile phone in a closed position or in an open position. The blocker includes a sliding track and a blocking mechanism, wherein the sliding track is mounted at the motherboard housing, perpendicular to the rotation axis of the pivot portion, and the blocking mechanism moves back and forth between a first brake location and a second brake location of the sliding track. When the blocking mechanism moves to the first brake location and the second brake location respectively, it produces respective interference in the pivot portion such that the panel housing and the motherboard housing are unfolded at different angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Lan Lin
  • Patent number: 7245949
    Abstract: A drawer-type mobile phone includes a main body with a drawer cover which is slidably movable along a face of the main body. The drawer cover has a panel form, allowing sides of the drawer cover to move along both side faces of the main body. A speaker is mounted at an upper inner surface of the drawer cover, and is connected with an audio amplifier of the main body through a connection member. An antenna is movably connected with a tuner terminal of the main body, and is able to move with the drawer cover as it opens and closes. An operating unit is provided which allows the drawer cover to be moved by one touch. This drawer type mobile phone allows for improved ease of use and transmitting/receiving sensitivity with a simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7225002
    Abstract: An inclined-type mobile communication terminal for opening/closing a main body using a link apparatus is provided. The inclined-type mobile communication terminal includes a first main body, a second main body, a driving unit, and a link unit. The driving unit is fixed to the first main body and provides a driving force required for moving the second main body. The link unit includes a driving link and a driven link. The driving link has its one side fixed to an output terminal of the driving unit and is rotated by the driving force of the driving unit, and has its other side rotatably connected with the second main body to move the second main body. The driven link connects the first and the second main bodies so as to guide a movement of the second main body using rotation of the driving link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Young Lee, Tae Ho Yun, Chang Hun Park
  • Patent number: 7206600
    Abstract: Briefly, a method and apparatus for decoding and authenticating an antenna is disclosed. The method may include detecting attachment of an antenna to a transmitter by authenticating a cipher received from the antenna. The method further includes suspending transmission if the antenna is not attached to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John K. Reece, Doug D. Scott, Timothy L. Reese, Brian L. Fox
  • Patent number: 7184422
    Abstract: An access point includes a housing, two sliding slots, and two sliding platesdetachably installed on the slide slots. One of the sliding slots has two openings for hanging the housing of the access point on hooks positioned on a wall. One of the sliding plates can be inserted into a concave slot on the housing, so that the housing can stand vertically on a flat surface. The housing can also be placed on a flat surface or set on its side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Tseng, An-Ping Yang
  • Patent number: 7162209
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic device or foldable cellular phone set in which boards arranged in two casings bendably connected to each other through a connecting portion are electrically connected to each other by a wireless communication unit using infrared rays or the like. As the wireless communication unit, either an optical method using infrared rays or the like, or a radio wave method using a radio wave can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichi Ono
  • Patent number: 7142816
    Abstract: The wave strength of a remote control key of a vehicle can be enhanced by forming the remote control key including a gripping portion, a metallic blade portion projecting from the gripping portion, and a transmitter contained in the gripping portion and electrically connected to the metallic blade portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Sin Gu Kim
  • Patent number: 7139531
    Abstract: Outdoor radio equipment includes a radio transmitting and receiving part for performing a modulation and demodulation process, and a common part for controlling an action of the radio transmitting and receiving part. The radio transmitting and receiving part is provided at the common part so as to be exposed to open air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwahashi, Yuuichi Hagiwara, Tadamitsu Araki, Kouichi Sunaga
  • Patent number: 7133705
    Abstract: A portable power amplifier includes portable encapsulating cases, a printed board incorporated in those encapsulating cases, and a power amplifying device mounted on this printed board. An antenna switch and an antenna are provided near the power amplifying device, which is connected to those components in a pattern. This structure improves heat dissipation efficiency of the portable power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terumoto Akatsuka, Keisuke Utsunomiya, Haruki Owaki, Motoyoshi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7088972
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLP
    Inventors: Kenneth Dewayne Brown, David Dunson
  • Patent number: 7089032
    Abstract: A radio transmitting/receiving device having at least three modules. The first module includes a first function for amplifying a radio frequency signal, demodulating the amplified radio frequency signal to a baseband signal and outputting the same, and a second function for modulating the input baseband signal, converting the modulated baseband signal to a radio frequency and outputting the same. The second module includes a function for amplifying the input radio frequency. The third module includes a function for executing a baseband signal process and controlling respective units according to a transmission/reception sequence based on a communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Toyohiko Hongo, Toshinori Hirashima
  • Patent number: 7085534
    Abstract: A wireless doorbell system which employs a radio frequency (“RF”) transmitter and a RF receiver. The doorbell transmitter has its RF source and antenna enclosed within a metal case which is designed so that the effective operating range of the transmission of the RF signals is not reduced to unacceptable levels and whose finish, such as polished brass, presents an attractive appearance which can be made to match the decorative trim at the entranceway to a building, such as a residence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Desa IP LLC
    Inventor: Roger Donn Bentley
  • Patent number: 7058435
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a connector that opens from a lateral surface of a case and electrically connects with another terminal device, an elastic connector cap that opens and closes an opening of the case, and a holder that maintains the opening in a closed state. The connector cap includes a first wall that protrudes perpendicularly to the lateral surface from a periphery of the opening located on one end of the case, and a second wall that protrudes from the other end of the case, is continuous with the first wall, and is coupled to swing freely to the other end. When the opening is closed, the first wall is exposed on a top surface of the case roughly perpendicularly to the thickness direction, and its distal end is located farther away from the opening relative to a coupling section of the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7054599
    Abstract: A radio and method of making the radio is disclosed having a first set of radio components for processing analog signals in a radio transmission and a second set of radio components for processing digital signals in a radio transmission. The radio comprises a substrate base support, and at least one pocket formed within the substrate. The radio comprises at least one processor, each of the at least one processor being within a corresponding one of the at least one pocket for modulating a radio signal into one of a plurality of waveforms based on a software instruction set. Each of the at least one processor being in electronic communication with both of the first and second sets of the radio components. A dielectric layer covers a top surface of the substrate and each of the at least one processor. A plurality of vias are formed in the dielectric layer to expose selected portions of each of the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kelvin Ma, Richard Louis Frey, Michael Joseph Mahony, John Jesse Soderberg
  • Patent number: 7039374
    Abstract: A transmitting and amplifying unit for a wireless communication device. The transmitting and amplifying unit includes a C-shaped frame having an upper plate having a first cutout, a lower plate having a second cutout aligned with the first cutout, and a side plate connecting the upper plate and the lower plate; a main amplifier unit fixed to the lower plate and having a concentrated heating portion; and a subamplifier unit fixed to the upper plate. The transmitting and amplifying unit further includes a radiating fin unit mounted on the concentrated heating portion of the main amplifier unit and extending upward through the first cutout of the lower plate and the second cutout of the upper plate. The radiating fin unit has an upper end fixed to the subamplifier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yuuji Hasegawa, Kazuo Hirafuji, Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Manabu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7027781
    Abstract: A remote control system for controlling the operation of electrical apparatus, comprising a receiver provided in use at said apparatus and a transmitter having a casing and adapted for use as an add-on module in conjunction with a telephone capable of dialling based on DTMF (Dual-Tone-Multi-Frequency). The transmitter comprises an input device for receiving a DTMF dialling signal from said telephone, and a transmitter circuit housed in the casing for subsequently processing the signal and then transmitting it as a remote control signal for receipt by the receiver. The receiver comprises a receiver circuit for receiving the remote control signal transmitted by the transmitter, and a control circuit for subsequently processing the control signal and then controlling the operation of said apparatus according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventor: Siu Ling Ko
  • Patent number: 6993368
    Abstract: The invention discloses a mobile telephone device as part of a hands-free device in a motor vehicle. Known mobile telephone devices can be expanded only to a limited extent in their functions and functionalities by connecting peripheral devices such as for example headphone-microphone combinations. The new mobile telephone device is to be flexibly expandable by components or functionalities. For that purpose a base member (1) has a receiving means (8) for receiving a module unit (20). The module unit (20) is conductingly connected to the control device by a connecting device (21) with contact elements at the module side and contact elements at the receiving means side. The module unit (20) has analog and/or digital function units and/or analog memory units. The module unit can be for example in the form of an expansion card or memory card. By inserting a module unit (20) into the mobile telephone device it is expanded by the function which is predetermined by the respective module unit (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Audioton Kabelwerk GmbH Zweigniederlassung Scheinfeld
    Inventor: Thomas Schlegel
  • Patent number: 6990321
    Abstract: A telephone system for providing a telephony feature includes a phone system controller and a first telephone system interface. The first telephone system interface is coupled between a first telephone handset and a telephone line. Moreover, the first telephone system interface is operable to selectively couple the first telephone handset to the telephone line. The first telephone system interface is also operable to establish a first wireless control channel to the phone system controller. The wireless control channel is operable to carry control signals associated with the telephony feature between the first telephone system interface and the phone system controller. The phone system controller is operable to (i) receive the first control signals via the wireless control channel, and (ii) process the first control signals to provide the telephony feature to the telephone handset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel V. Peters
  • Patent number: 6980840
    Abstract: A drawer-type mobile phone includes a main boy provided with a microphone; a drawer cover slidably movable linearly, having a panel form so as for both margins to be moved along both side faces of the main body; a speaker mounted at the upper inner surface of the drawer cover, being connected with an audio amplifier of the main body through a connection member; an antenna movably connected with a tuner terminal of the main body and mounted in a manner of being able to interwork with the drawer cover; and an operating unit for moving the drawer cover by one touch. The drawer cover has a transparent window at the position corresponding to an LCD part of the main body and is formed in a panel form so that both margins thereof can be movable along the both side faces of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Yong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 6965790
    Abstract: A flip style cellular telephone includes a main housing, a microphone mounted in the main housing and a flip, pivotably mounted to the main housing by a hinge. The flip is formed with an acoustic pipe on a peripheral edge of the flip. The acoustic pipe extends from the free end to the hinged end of the flip, and includes a plurality of holes for a sound inlet at the free end of the flip. The hinge is hollow, and the acoustic pipe connects with the microphone through the hollow hinge. Sound of the user's voice is carried by the acoustic pipe from the inlet to the microphone. The acoustic pipe advantageously only minimally changes the profile and aesthetics of the telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory S. Mendolia
  • Patent number: 6947764
    Abstract: A device for locally shielding or blocking a user from close proximity electromagnetic fields emitted by a wireless transmit/receive electronic equipment antenna 22 such as a cellular telephone. The device includes a wearable garments such as a baseball cap 10, electronic carrying pouch 110, fan 210, 250, 410, eyeglass 610, or screens, joined with having EMI/RFI material properties that is specifically worn by the user or placed between the user and the electromagnetic field emanating wireless antenna source 22. It serves to provide as a electromagnetic field shield, either reflective, absorptive, or dissipative behavior in nature, from an direct line-of-sight electromagnetic field radiating from a wireless device antenna 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventors: Juan C. Carillo, Jr., James S. Carillo
  • Patent number: 6941117
    Abstract: A folding, portable radio device is provided, which optimizes the gain characteristic of an antenna optionally. This device comprises (a) a first package; (b) a second package connected pivotably to the first package around a specific axis with a joint; the second package being able to be held at a desired angle with respect to the first package; (c) an antenna attached to the second package; (d) a third package connected pivotably to the first package around the axis with the joint; the third package being adjacent to the first package; the third package being abcle to be held at a desired angle with respect to the first package; and (e) a radio section mounted on at least one of the first, second, and third packages. Preferably, the joint comprises a first pivot limiter for defining the maximum angle of the second package and a second pivot limiter for defining the maximum angle of the third package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Ide
  • Patent number: 6931554
    Abstract: An add-on card for a personal digital assistant (PDA) for wireless communication includes a connector for connecting to the PDA, a power managing circuit connected to the connector for storing a first current supplied from the connector, and a radio-frequency (RF) circuit for transmitting an RF signal corresponding to a signal from the connector or transmitting a signal to the PDA via the connector according to a received RF signal. The power managing circuit is electrically connected to the RF circuit. When the RF circuit transmits the RF signal, the power managing circuit will provide a second current to the RF circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Shao-Tsu Kung
  • Patent number: 6925315
    Abstract: An improved cell phone arrangement has a centrally located orientation key, for referencing a location tactilely via the user's thumb, and the dialing keys arranged in a substantially circular arrangement around the orientation key, in an array having a relatively large diameter but within range of motion of the thumb. The keys are shaped and spaced for tactile reference, i.e., for dialing without the need to look at the keyboard after becoming familiar with it. Cardinal compass-points can be marked by distinct keys, which extend radially outwardly from the central reference point and are of different shape and feel from the dialing keys. The phone housing has finger ridges on one or both sides, and optionally a distinct ridge or bump on the back of the housing, for repeatable positioning of the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventor: Fred Langford
  • Patent number: 6901273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable telephone, which can be switched on/off by using the touch screen of the portable phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Sturla Lutnaes
  • Patent number: 6862180
    Abstract: A housing for circuit cards is provided. The housing has a shell. A thermally conductive liner integral with the shell lines an interior of the shell. A protrusion of the liner extends through the shell and contacts the shell to form a pressure seal between the liner and the shell. A heat sink is disposed on an exterior surface of the shell and is thermally coupled to the protrusion of the liner. A case is disposed within the liner and is thermally coupled to the liner. The case is adapted to receive a plurality of circuit cards so that the plurality of circuit cards is thermally coupled to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sawyer, Matthew J. Kusz, Gary Gustine, Charles G. Ham, Fredrick A. Daniels
  • Publication number: 20040263482
    Abstract: A touch screen arrangement fitted to a mobile telephone apparatus and built-on or resting on a substrate. The touch screen includes a display unit and a number of light pulse emitting units and a number of light pulse receiving units, said units being edge-related to said display unit. The light pulse emitting units and the light pulse receiving units are orientated adjacent said display unit, with the directions of said emitted and received light pulses being at right angles, or at least generally at right angles, to a planar surface on the display unit. The touch screen also includes four light pulse deflecting devices positioned close to the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Magnus Goertz
  • Patent number: 6809921
    Abstract: A PDA includes a housing and a detachable panel. An exterior surface of the housing has an engaging sink and a dimple. The detachable panel has a hook for locking onto the engaging sink and a cylindrical shaft protruding from the detachable panel for engaging with the dimple so as to prevent lateral movement of the detachable panel with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp.
    Inventors: James Wu, Chien-Ming Tseng
  • Patent number: 6798335
    Abstract: Time elapsed from the time when the sensor cover is opened and power supply to the fingerprint sensor is turned from off to on is counted and when there is no fingerprint image read-in command within a specified period of time power supply to the fingerprint sensor is turned off. Even if power supply to the fingerprint sensor is turned off, when a fingerprint image read-in command executes power supply to the fingerprint sensor is turned on and read-in of a fingerprint image commences. If a fingerprint image read-in command executes when the sensor cover is closed, that command is invalidated. In such a configuration, the opening and closing of a sensor cover works in synchronicity with on/off control of power supply for a fingerprint sensor and even when the sensor cover is open, wasteful electricity consumption through power supply continuing if the fingerprint sensor is not used within a specified period of time is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyashita, Fukiko Maeda, Hidetoshi Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20040175013
    Abstract: The invention is based on the idea of separating the microphone unit and the wireless transmitter device from wireless microphones and to connect the wireless transmitter device to a microphone stand. Accordingly, a microphone stand comprises a first XLR audio connection for accommodating a microphone and also a second XLR audio connection for accommodating a wireless transmitter device, the first and second audio connections being electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Achim Gleissner
  • Patent number: 6785138
    Abstract: A repeater case for high density subscriber lines includes a repeater base and a repeater housing forming a sealed enclosure and having interior walls. A plurality of module slots receive HDSL-4 circuit board modules. A heat conductive material in the housing contacts HDSL-4 modules in the slots and the housing to form a heat escape path to ambient. The HDSL-4 modules are cooled through thermal conductivity with thermally conductive contact with the interior wall of the repeater housing. The heat conductive material is not required for structural support of the modules or their electrical functioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Added Communications of Georgia, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth T. Rapey
  • Patent number: 6785519
    Abstract: The portable telephone capable of more effectively reducing the electromagnetic energy to be radiated therefrom and absorbed by the human body during its use is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Toyoda, Katsumi Okayama
  • Patent number: 6775523
    Abstract: A wireless doorbell system which employs a radio frequency (“RF”) transmitter and a RF receiver. The doorbell transmitter has its RF source and antenna enclosed within a metal case which is designed so that the effective operating range of the transmission of the RF signals is not reduced to unacceptable levels and whose finish, such as polished brass, presents an attractive appearance which can be made to match the decorative trim at the entranceway to a building, such as a residence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: DESA IP, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Donn Bentley
  • Patent number: 6771939
    Abstract: A portable radiotelephone device is provided that includes a body having provided on one or more exposed surface thereof one or more electrical contacts for one or more respective electrical input/output devices. The electrical contacts are covered with one or more layers of electro-resistive material. The electro-resistive material in the relaxed condition being an electrical insulator and in the stressed state being an electrical conductor. The arrangement is such that to effect electrical connection between any of the one or more electrical contacts with respective one or more electrical input/output devices, respective contacts and input/output devices are mutually engaged so as to load the elasto-resistive material under compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Ricky Barnett, Andrew Aguilar, Philip Barrowclough
  • Patent number: 6738603
    Abstract: A radio communication apparatus is provided, which realizes a desired impedance matching state between a retractable antenna and a circuit connected thereto in both a situation where the antenna environment is similar to a free space and a situation where the antenna environment is dissimilar from a free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Saito
  • Publication number: 20040072550
    Abstract: A low noise block down converter accommodates two local oscillators within one shielding chamber in a metal shielding box and has a conductive bar provided between two dielectric resonators included in the local oscillators respectively. The conductive bar prevents electromagnetic coupling between the two dielectric resonators. Therefore, the device dimension can be made small compared to the conventional case in which two local oscillators are completely separated from each other by a metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Koji Motoyama
  • Patent number: 6718164
    Abstract: A communication device (100, 200) capable of transmitting information provides the means for regulating the temperature (116) of one or more heat-sensitive modules or components (160) of the communication device through the adaptive and dynamic control of the flow of transmissions by the communication device, thereby eliminating the need for stored thermal profiles of heat-sensitive modules of the communication device. In addition to the heat-sensitive module(s), the communication device has a multi-logic controller block (110) and a transmission flow control block (140). The multi-logic controller block (110) receives the temperature of the heat-sensitive module (116) and a first control clock (112) and utilizes multi-value logic to generate a flow control signal having hysteresis (126).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose E. Korneluk, David S. Seekins, Mahesh Bhuta, Anthony Rodrigues, Jr., Gordon W. James
  • Patent number: 6711387
    Abstract: A radiation-shielding mobile phone case device for reducing the effects of radiation emitting by the hand-held communication devices. The radiation-shielding mobile phone case device includes a case assembly including a case having a front wall, a back wall, side wall, an open-able top wall, and a bottom wall, and a compartment disposed therein and being adapted to receive and store a mobile communications device; and also includes sheets of mesh material being disposed in the walls of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventor: Andrew T. Lungley
  • Patent number: 6700784
    Abstract: A handheld type electronic device of this invention includes two housings respectively provided with electronic system components, a rotary device, and an electrical connector electrically connecting the electronic system components in the two housings. The invention is characterized in that the rotary device has a pivoting portion disposed on one side of one of the housings to rotatably connect with the other one of the housings, and a receiving portion. The electrical connector is disposed in the receiving portion and is confined in the housing provided with the rotary device such that rotation of the pivoting portion can bring the two housings to open or close while the electrical connector remains immovable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: San-Shan Huang, Hung-Chuen Yin
  • Patent number: 6701166
    Abstract: A switch for sensing an open or closed state of a flip-type or folder-type radio terminal which has first and second structures joined each other to have an open or closed state. The switch comprises a hall sensor for generating voltage according to the strength of an input magnetic field proportionally to the distance to a magnet; a variable amplifier for variably amplifying the voltage from the hall sensor to output a variably amplified voltage signal in response to a control signal; and a comparator for comparing the signal from the variable amplifier with a reference voltage to output a signal for indicating the open or closed state. The sensing value of the switch can be easily adjusted to sense opening/closing of a folder of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heui-Do Lim
  • Patent number: 6701159
    Abstract: The invention includes a protective enclosure for a rectilinearly-shaped cellular telephone having an external antennae to improve the securement of that cellular telephone by a user thereof. The protective enclosure comprises an enclosure web portion covering the front, sides, top and bottom portions of the cellular telephone. An opening is arranged through at least one of the enclosure web portions to permit exposure of certain components of the cellular telephone, and a bulbous corner pad is arranged on the lower corner portions of the cellular telephone to protect it if it is dropped and aid in holding the phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Andew P. Powell
  • Publication number: 20040023623
    Abstract: A device for controlling, regulating an/or putting an active implant, especially a distraction device, into operation which can be implanted together with a receiver and to which data and/or power can be provided from the exterior via a transmitter. The device is further characterized in that the receiver can be directly placed on the implant in such a manner that it can be detached, or it can be linked with the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Roman Stauch, Manfred Wittenstein
  • Patent number: 6684055
    Abstract: A wireless communications system for use with an elevator system in a building includes a first transceiver connected to an elevator controller and a second transceiver located remotely within the building. The first and second transceivers each have antennas which allow wireless transmission of data between the transceivers. A building monitoring center is hard-wired to the second transceiver to allow personnel to monitor and interact with each elevator controller. A third transceiver and antenna are located outside of the building and are connected to a central monitoring station to allow remote monitoring and interaction with each elevator controller. The wireless communications system can be used with a network of elevators where each elevator has a unique electronic address to allow discreet wireless communications with a specific elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Barry G. Blackaby, Timothy M. Remmers
  • Patent number: 6678539
    Abstract: A mobile phone cover hinge has a driven block slidably mounted in a sleeve that is securely received in the mobile phone body and a driving block rotatably mounted in the cover of the mobile phone. When the cover pivots in a first direction, the driving block pushes the driven block so as to compress the first spring received in the sleeve. When the cover pivots in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the compressed first spring will facilitate the cover to return to its original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Sheng-Nan Lu
  • Patent number: 6628925
    Abstract: A receiver/transmitter apparatus that promotes mass productivity and miniaturization. The receiver/transmitter apparatus is provided with a transmitter circuit having a first mixer for mixing a transmission signal and an oscillating signal, an oscillator for generating the oscillating signal, and a receiver circuit having a second mixer for mixing a received signal and the oscillating signal. The receiver/transmitter apparatus has the transmitter circuit formed on a side region of a front surface of a common substrate on whose rear surface a ground electrode is formed. The receiver circuit is formed on the front surface of the substrate, on the other side region, and the oscillator is formed on a center region on the front surface of the substrate, between the transmitter and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaaki Ishida, Yasuhiro Kanekiyo
  • Patent number: 6625017
    Abstract: A telecommunications equipment enclosure (10) that more effectively dissipates heat from electronic cards without transferring the heat to adjacent cards and without transferring the heat to air within an enclosed chamber surrounding the cards. The enclosure (10) includes a floor (12) and a plurality of card-receiving sleeves (14) attached to the floor (12). Each of the sleeves (14) defines a separate enclosed cell or holder that is configured for receiving and enclosing a single electronic card. The sleeves (14) are spaced apart to define a plurality of open air channels therebetween for convecting heat away from the sleeves (14) and the cards received therein while preventing heat from transferring from sleeve to sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Special Products Company
    Inventors: Wanlai Lin, Randall D. Hutchison, Kevan Smith, Tomasz Taubert