Keypad Patents (Class D14/247)
  • Pushbutton input device, remote control equipped with pushbutton input device, and method of manufacturing pushbutton unit used for pushbutton input device
    Patent number: 7015834
    Abstract: A remote control is equipped with a pushbutton unit including a plurality of transverse linking sections linking pushbuttons in a transverse direction and a bridge section connecting the transverse linking sections at one side. This pushbutton unit is provided by integrally forming a first button group and a second button group respectively including a plurality of pushbuttons in a specified arrangement as a unit on a sheet-form elastic member in such a manner that pushbuttons of one button group are located between pushbuttons of the other button group and by cutting, along a specified cut line, this unit into two pushbutton units including transverse linking sections with pushbuttons linked in the transverse direction and a bridge section that connects the transverse linking sections at one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Maeda
  • Navigation pod for a communication device
    Patent number: D504681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Franco Lodato, Rochelle J. Berman, Nicole T. Gaviria, Hartmut H. Esslinger, Howard Nuk
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D504682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Kettula, Marcus Anlauff
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D504888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Pekka Majanen
  • Keypad for a cellular phone
    Patent number: D505417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng-Chun Wang, Gwo-Chyuan Chen
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D506750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Dimitre D. Mehandjiysky
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D507561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Marianne Thomsen
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D507562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Joonsuh Kim
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D507563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Aaron Moss
  • Portable wireless telephone
    Patent number: D509500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Hiromu Kitamura, Jin Kuramoto, Akiko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Yamaoka
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D511771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan Burns, Jamie Langford, Tanja Finkbeiner
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D514555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Sean P. Daw
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D515078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Joonsuh Kim
  • Handheld communication device
    Patent number: D516547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Frank Tyneski, Cortez Corley
  • Handheld communication device
    Patent number: D516548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Actuator for a portable electronic device
    Patent number: D516565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel G. O'Neil, Carl J. Ledbetter, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Handheld communication device
    Patent number: D517056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Set of buttons for operating an electrical device
    Patent number: D521505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Orrin J Shively, Andy M Ogden
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D521506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Frank Tyneski, Cortez Corley
  • Keypad for communication device or similar articles
    Patent number: D522500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Alessandro Falessi
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D523006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D523007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D523423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D524302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D524303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D524802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan Burns, Jamie Langford, Tanja Finkbeiner
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D524803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Frank Tyneski, Cortez Corley
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D525619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Roman Peter Rak
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D526314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Joonsuh Kim
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D527726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Sami Viitasaari
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D528107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Shiho Nakajima
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D528108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pertti Salmi, Sami Viitasaari, Hanna Vuolteenaho
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D529022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Lyles
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D529023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan Burns, Jamie Langford, Tanja Finkbeiner
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D529485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Lyles
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D529486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Heikki Kangasmaa, Kati Björninen
  • Set of buttons for operating an electric device
    Patent number: D529487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Orrin J. Shively, Andy M. Ogden
  • Portion of a portable phone
    Patent number: D529488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Satoshi Uchida
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D530318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Heikki Kangasmaa
  • Set of buttons for operating an electric device
    Patent number: D530711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Orrin J. Shively, Andy M. Ogden
  • Keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: D530712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Key button arrangement for a handset
    Patent number: D532002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Panu Johansson
  • Keyboard for cell phone
    Patent number: D532415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien Shuo Chen, Chun Lin Chen
  • Character input device for a mobile phone
    Patent number: D533173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Seok Lee, Beom-Ku Han, Jong-Seong Lee
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D534530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Pitt, Aaron Moss
  • Key buttons for a handset
    Patent number: D536335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Shunjiro Eguchi
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D536697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Anton Fahlgren
  • Key button area for a handset
    Patent number: D536698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Anton Fahlgren
  • Set of key buttons for a communicator
    Patent number: D537075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Totti Helin
  • Keypad for mobile phone
    Patent number: D538276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Li-Yen Wang