Telephone Equipment Patents (Class D14/140)
  • Patent number: 8213997
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a main display; a subsidiary display; and a main body mounted between the main display and the subsidiary display. The subsidiary display is retractable along a first direction relative to the main display, and the main body is retractable along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiang Cao
  • Patent number: 8180413
    Abstract: An upper case of the display section includes a first connecting portion having a cylindrical hole, into which an inner cylinder of a dummy hinge composed of two cylindrical portions having the same axis and different diameters is inserted rotatably, wherein the first connecting portion protrudes from an end of the upper case. An upper case of the keybutton section includes a second connecting portion located, along a hinge axis, on the center side of the first connecting portion, and having a cylindrical hole into which an outer cylindrical portion of the dummy hinge is inserted unrotatably, wherein the second connecting portion protrudes from an end of the upper case. The hinge structure comprises a stopper for fixing the dummy hinge, which can be inserted as the dummy hinge is buried in the cylindrical hole, with the inner cylindrical portion inserted into the cylindrical hole of the first connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nakao, Yasuyuki Honma
  • Patent number: 7881678
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device for communicating on a wireless network. The device includes an antenna coupled to an RF circuit. The device further includes a body housing the RF circuit and the antenna. The device yet further includes a support member extending from the body. The support member is configured to be coupled to an object. The support member is prevented from moving laterally and vertically relative to the object when coupled to the object. The support member and body are configured to allow the body and the antenna to rotate about an axis when the support member is prevented from moving laterally and vertically relative to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Thomas Menden, Timothy Gamroth, Jerel Scott Jamieson
  • Patent number: 7751788
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a wireless communication device housing member, and a modular keypad removably attachable to the wireless communication device housing member without use of a separate tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi R. Otani, Scott H. Plunkett
  • Patent number: 7697965
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a mobile phone comprising a body and a housing. A hollow is formed within the housing and the body is slidably disposed in the hollow. The hollow has an opening in an end of the housing and the other end terminated at a closed end of the housing distal the opening. A display (e.g., LCD (liquid crystal display)) is disposed on a front surface of the housing. The body comprises a circuit board and an input device. The circuit board is installed within the body and comprises electronic circuits and devices for controlling the components of the mobile phone. The input device (e.g., alphanumeric keypad) is disposed on a front surface of the body for operating the mobile phone. The body is capable of being engaged with the housing and being slid towards outside of the hollow through the opening to expose the input device for a user to make a phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Inventec Appliances
    Inventor: Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 7363065
    Abstract: An automatic sliding-type mobile communication terminal comprising a motor, a pair of engaging members, which are selectively engageable with each other, and position detecting means so that a first terminal body and a second terminal body are smoothly slid relative to each other in an automatic/semi-automatic mode or an automatic/manual mode, a method of automatically driving an automatic sliding-type mobile communication terminal, and a method of detecting an incoming call to an automatic sliding-type mobile communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7299078
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a speaker arrangement for providing surround sound. The terminal includes a folder hinged at a main body and having an LCD attached thereto, speakers mounted at the folder and implementing a three-dimensional surround-sound effect, and a sliding unit for sliding at least one of the speakers when the speakers produce the three-dimensional surround-sound effect. Because the distance between the speakers can be widened according to a user's selection, three-dimensional surround-sound can be maximized and thus product quality can be significantly enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Byung Jin Ahn
  • Patent number: 7242973
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to smoothen the loading of a battery pack, to ensure the electric connection between the battery pack and the main body of a mobile electronic apparatus, and to reduce the manufacture cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Saitoh, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tadayuki Takanashi, Kanta Jyuudai
  • Patent number: 6671521
    Abstract: A remote (or wire) control auxiliary push button dialing system includes a push button device, and a mobile telephone auxiliary dialing device. The mobile telephone auxiliary dialing device together with a mobile telephone is mounted in a receptacle. The push button device includes a keyboard push button and a key signal processor. The mobile telephone auxiliary dialing device includes a signal receiving controller, a pair of X/Y axis sliding arms, and a press module. In such a manner, the signal receiving controller receives push button coding signals transmitted by the push button device to serially control the pair of X/Y axis sliding arms to move longitudinally and transversely to fixed coordinate positions so as to further perform auxiliary push button dialing action of the mobile telephone by the press module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Complex Instrument Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiung Yu
  • Patent number: 5787361
    Abstract: A fixation arrangement for detachably mounting a battery pack onto a cellular phone includes two parallel guide rails defined on the cellular phone, a sloping depression defined between the guide rails and sloping outward to the guide rails, a recess defined adjacent to the sloping depression and in a position opposite to the sloping direction of the depression, and a coupling plate integrally formed with the battery pack and having two parallel lips corresponding to the guide rails for slidably engaging onto the cellular phone, a U-shaped slot provided in a position corresponding to the recess and the slot and defining a tongue portion with a tip over the slot when the battery pack is engaged with the cellular phone, a tab protruding from the tip of the tongue portion for inserting into the slot when the battery pack is engaged with the cellular phone, and two cutouts respectively extending between one of the lips and the U-shaped slot and in a direction substantially parallel to the guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Sung-chin Chen
  • Patent number: D513042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Se Kim, Chang-Hwan Hwang, Nam-Mi Kim
  • Patent number: D554613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Hikino, Takeshi Nakatani
  • Patent number: D559225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicolas Denhez, Mark Serzick, Tai-Hyung Ju
  • Patent number: D573565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Christopher Edwards
  • Patent number: D602499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: David Lewis
  • Patent number: D331063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Gai-Tronics
    Inventor: Bernard B. Pasierb
  • Patent number: D331204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventor: Jan Hampf
  • Patent number: D333304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Taniuchi, Kozo Shima, Gregory S. Breiding, Spencer B. Murrell
  • Patent number: D335129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Marpac Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Theisen, Robert L. Gault
  • Patent number: D336293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Inventor: Michael Morano
  • Patent number: D621381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Infrontia Corporation
    Inventors: Masafuku Akatsu, Eiichi Taniguchi, Tadamine Toh, Masaki Kobayashi, Takaaki Fujii, Masaru Kunii, Jun Tamatsu, Fumiyoshi Toyoshima, Naoki Mori, Noriaki Nozaki, Hiroshi Kamezawa, Toshiki Takeda
  • Patent number: D347635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Ericsson Radio Systems B.V.
    Inventor: Gert van Wijnen
  • Patent number: RE41846
    Abstract: The cellular phone of the present invention includes a display device provided on the front surface of a main body, and a cover movable relative to and preferably, rotatably mounted on, the main body and having keypads provided on the front and rear surfaces thereof, respectively. A plurality of number keys for a mobile communication are preferably arranged on the keypad provided on the front surface of the cover, and a plurality of character keys for the Internet are preferably arranged on the keypad provided on the rear surface of the cover. Also, another keypad wherein keys for the mobile communication and the Internet are arranged may be provided on the main body. The cover may be in the form of a flip or folder. The cover may have an area smaller than the main body or a window so that a portion of the display device is exposed even when the cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Min Lee, Seong Tae Kwon
  • Patent number: D352030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim J. Johnson, David T. Gustafson, Theodore Harp, III
  • Patent number: D353361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Nagele, Jerry S. Chorzepa
  • Patent number: D353810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc H. Pullman, Jeffrey S. Lipschultz
  • Patent number: D360628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Mitel Corporation
    Inventor: David A. Nogas
  • Patent number: D372718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: AT&T IPM Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Biasotti, Michael J. Nuttall, John H. Schaffeld
  • Patent number: D385273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV
    Inventor: Menno de Boer
  • Patent number: D390853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Bizer's Industries
    Inventor: Jerry L. Bizer
  • Patent number: D399641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventor: Debra Kay Meador
  • Patent number: D410228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventor: Garrick S Jones
  • Patent number: D431234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Teledex Corporation
    Inventors: Clint Crowe, Alan Adamson
  • Patent number: D711344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Aarrestad, Jorunn Tysso
  • Patent number: D711345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Liang-Yi Liu
  • Patent number: D714247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Mita, Shino Iida
  • Patent number: D714248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: An-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: D714249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: RevoLabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Carney, Timothy Root, Holger Stoltze, Steven Lyman, Scott E Stropkay, Jason J Cooper, Arvin Abadilla
  • Patent number: D714753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Yoon Lee, In Hyeuk Choi, Chin Soo Hyon, Sang Moon Jeong, Hyun Jin Lim
  • Patent number: D716752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takehito Katori, Atsushi Tani
  • Patent number: D725623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Captioncall, LLC
    Inventors: James Joseph Hartmann, Everett Wayne Mathis
  • Patent number: D725624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: RevoLabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Carney, Holger Stoltze, Stephen Lyman, Timothy D Root, Steven M Dibdin, Bill Fiebel, Mathieu Zastawny
  • Patent number: D778870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CaptionCall, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Holm, Jasper Pan
  • Patent number: D794596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Holm, Jasper Pan
  • Patent number: D847337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Andreas Fahl Mediazintechnik—Vertrieb GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Fahl
  • Patent number: D931251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Desk Phone Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernie Darias, Jamie Wood
  • Patent number: D932454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Desk Phone Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernie Darias, Jamie Wood
  • Patent number: D938947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: GN AUDIO A/S
    Inventor: Rasmus Trudslev Pedersen
  • Patent number: D975045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MICRON ELECTRONICS LLC
    Inventor: Jun Xu
  • Patent number: D995462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU EZVIZ SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weike Zhu, Ding Wang, Zhaodong Wu