Abstract: A novel antenna arrangement enables the fully automated insertion of an antenna assembly in a communication device (100), such as a cellular radio telephone. A mounting bracket (112) for the antenna assembly is designed to stand in place to enable reflowing of solder to attach the mounting bracket to the circuit board. According to another aspect of the invention, the sleeve (130) and corresponding head (132) of the antenna assembly operatively couple to enable insertion of the sleeve into the mounting bracket, while preventing removal of the sleeve with the head. Preferably, the lower surface of the head is designed to enable the clockwise rotation of the sleeve, while preventing the counterclockwise rotation of the sleeve. Also, the sleeve is designed to receive a removal device to rotate the sleeve in the counterclockwise direction for removal.

Abstract: An electronic component assembly (102) for an electronic device (100) comprises an electronic component (140), a retainer (142), and an elastomeric connector (144). The electronic device (100) includes a housing (104, 106) and a printed circuit board (PCB) (108) having PCB throughholes (128, 130) and PCB conductive pads (200, 202). The electronic component (140) has a bottom side (146) including substantially planar conductive regions (152, 154) and electrical leads (148, 150) extending therefrom. The retainer (142) positions the elastomeric connector (144) adjacent to the substantially planar conductive pads (152, 154). Electronic component assembly (102) is placed and attached to the PCB (108) by inserting the electrical leads (148, 150) through the PCB throughholes (128, 130) and subsequently clinching the electrical leads (148, 150).

Abstract: A novel contact arrangement enables selective charging of battery packs or the transfer of information between a battery pack and an electronic device. According to one novel feature of the invention, a charging contact (408) is positioned in a region (410) outside of the area covered by the contacts of conventional cells. Therefore, a charging contact terminal of an electronic device will only apply charging current to rechargeable cells to avoid unintentional charging of any primary cells. According to alternate embodiments, battery contacts can be placed at different locations to selectively charge batteries depending upon the battery type. According to other embodiments, information or data transfer contacts (406) can be located at different locations to enable the transfer of information.

Abstract: A radiotelephone/pager unit (100) includes a housing enclosing (102, 104) radiotelephone circuitry (224) coupled to a radiotelephone antenna (108) operable at radiotelephone frequencies and pager circuitry (218) coupled to a pager antenna (212) operable at pager frequencies. The radiotelephone antenna (108) is located outside the housing (102, 104) in a conventional manner. The pager antenna (212) is located outside the housing (102, 104) and concealed under or integrally formed with a hand grip (122), a display lens (402), an escutcheon (502), a keypad (110), or a cap (601) such that the pager antenna's presence is unnoticeable to a user. The pager antenna (212) forms a loop antenna substantially surrounding a user interface element such as a display (112), a keypad (110), an earpiece (114) or volume control buttons (118, 120) to minimize space.