Patents by Inventor Morten Pontoppidan
Morten Pontoppidan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7353048Abstract: A mobile terminal having three parts rotatably interconnected by hinges. The terminal can be a mobile telephone having an operative position where a microphone and a loudspeaker are positioned for conversation. When not in operation, the terminal may be positioned around a user's wrist in a safe manner. Removing the terminal from the wrist requires operation of a release means or the overcoming of a predetermined force, which is a safety measure of the hinges and the terminal. The hinges provide a combination of snap or automatic rotation and freely selective rotational positions of the parts of the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barnett
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Publication number: 20060188092Abstract: A mobile terminal, such as a mobile telephone, has a hinge with a helical spring and which provides both snap opening or automatic opening upon activation of a release means as well as a freely selectable angular position between the rotating parts of the terminal. Also a new type of spring hinges or clutches are described for use in e.g. this type of terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barnett
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Patent number: 7079874Abstract: A mobile terminal, such as a mobile telephone, has a hinge with a helical spring and which provides both snap opening or automatic opening upon activation of a release means as well as a freely selectable angular position between the rotating parts of the terminal. Also, a new type of spring hinges or clutches are described for use in, for example, this type of terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barnett
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Publication number: 20060140396Abstract: A mobile terminal having three parts rotatably interconnected by hinges. The terminal can be a mobile telephone having an operative position where a microphone and a loudspeaker are positioned for conversation. When not in operation, the terminal may be positioned around a user's wrist in a safe manner. Removing the terminal from the wrist requires operation of a release means or the overcoming of a predetermined force, which is a safety measure of the hinges and the terminal. The hinges provide a combination of snap or automatic rotation and freely selective rotational positions of the parts of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barneti
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Patent number: 7050293Abstract: A novel folding design for a mobile station is disclosed that provides a stylish design, a simplified assembly, and relatively few parts. The improved foldable mobile station comprises a flexible front cover, multiple functional units coupled together by a folding hinge and a tension unit. The tension unit provides a compressive force to the pivotally attached functional units thereby biasing the foldable mobile station between open and folded positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Tom Arbisi, Morten Pontoppidan, Peter B. Knudsen, Atle Messel
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Publication number: 20050054395Abstract: A novel folding design for a mobile station is disclosed that provides a stylish design, a simplified assembly, and relatively few parts. The improved foldable mobile station comprises a flexible front cover, multiple functional units coupled together by a folding hinge and a tension unit. The tension unit provides a compressive force to the pivotally attached functional units thereby biasing the foldable mobile station between open and folded positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Tom Arbisi, Morten Pontoppidan, Peter Knudsen, Atle Messel
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Patent number: 6847806Abstract: An electronic radiotelephone comprising a first housing, a second housing, and an inner housing having retaining means for retaining to the inner housing the electronic components of the radiotelephone; and first releasable attaching means for releasable attaching the first housing to the inner housing, wherein the first housing, when attached to the inner housing, is presented towards a user during operation of the radiotelephone; and second releasably attaching means for releasable attaching the second housing to the inner housing, wherein the second housing, when attached to the inner housing, faces away from the user during operation of the radiotelephone.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.Inventors: Alastair Curtis, Bent Ole Poulsen, Michael McKay, Morten Pontoppidan, Claus Nicolaisen, Gert Plenge, Jakob Kristensen, Anne Primdahl, Jesper Andersen, Allan Moeller Kristensen
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Publication number: 20040203519Abstract: A mobile terminal having three parts rotatably interconnected by hinges. The terminal can be a mobile telephone having an operative position where a microphone and a loudspeaker are positioned for conversation. When not in operation, the terminal may be positioned around a user's wrist in a safe manner. Removing the terminal from the wrist requires operation of a release means or the overcoming of a predetermined force, which is a safety measure of the hinges and the terminal. The hinges provide a combination of snap or automatic rotation and freely selective rotational positions of the parts of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barnett
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Publication number: 20040198412Abstract: A mobile terminal, such as a mobile telephone, has a hinge with a helical spring and which provides both snap opening or automatic opening upon activation of a release means as well as a freely selectable angular position between the rotating parts of the terminal. Also, a new type of spring hinges or clutches are described for use in e.g. this type of terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Morten Pontoppidan, Giovanni Ferranti, Ricky Barnett
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Publication number: 20030194974Abstract: An electronic radiotelephone comprising a first housing, a second housing, and an inner housing having retaining means for retaining to the inner housing the electronic components of the radiotelephone; and first releasable attaching means for releasable attaching the first housing to the inner housing, wherein the first housing, when attached to the inner housing, is presented towards a user during operation of the radiotelephone; and second releasably attaching means for releasable attaching the second housing to the inner housing, wherein the second housing, when attached to the inner housing, faces away from the user during operation of the radiotelephone.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Alastair S. Curtis, Bent Ole Poulsen, Michael McKay, Morten Pontoppidan, Claus Nicolaisen, Gert Plenge, Jakob Kristensen, Anne Primdahl, Jesper Andersen, Allan Moeller Kristensen
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Patent number: 6594472Abstract: An electronic radiotelephone comprising a first housing, a second housing, and an inner housing having retaining means for retaining to the inner housing the electronic components of the radiotelephone; and first releasable attaching means for releasable attaching the first housing to the inner housing, wherein the first housing, when attached to the inner housing, is presented towards a user during operation of the radiotelephone; and second releasably attaching means for releasable attaching the second housing to the inner housing, wherein the second housing, when attached to the inner housing, faces away from the user during operation of the radiotelephone.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.Inventors: Alastair Curtis, Bent Ole Poulsen, Michael McKay, Morten Pontoppidan, Claus Nicolaisen, Gert Plenge, Jakob Kristensen, Anne Primdahl, Jesper Andersen, Allan Moeller Kristensen
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Publication number: 20030117497Abstract: The invention relates to a communication terminal provided with a camera module. The communication terminal can be turned around it's axis to enable the camera module to take multiple pictures along the entire horizon. A vibrator motor in the communication terminal is used to turn the communication terminal and the camera module. The vibrator motor is also used to operate a lens cover to the camera module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Claus Nicolaisen, Maja Lund Pontoppidan, Morten Pontoppidan, Peter Gorm Christensen, Lars Aresteen Madsen, Romel Amineh
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Patent number: 6333716Abstract: An antenna body part for use in an antenna device using a separate metal shield as ground plane is manufactured by forming a first part of the dielectric body by injection molding where a first resin is injected into a first cavity in the injection molding tool; forming a composite dielectric body by injection molding where a second resin injected into a second cavity in the injection molding tool, said first part of the dielectric body is placed in the second cavity as a core for becoming an integrated part of the composite body; and coating a metallic layer onto the surface of the composite dielectric body where said first and second resins are selected to have different adhesive properties for the metal coating so one of the resins repels the metallic layer while the other allows the metallic layer to adhere.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Nokia Mobile LimitedInventor: Morten Pontoppidan