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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D580930 | Electronic device | 11/18/2008 |
| 7411563 | Antenna device An antenna device has a dielectric body with a convex surface and a concave surface. The antenna device further has a flexible printed circuit board disposed on the convex surface. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| D572695 | Portable electronic device | 07/08/2008 |
| 7378184 | Battery holder A battery holder (210) for mounting a button-type battery (200) on a printed circuit board (220) is provided. The battery holder comprises a resilient electrode plate (212), a ring (214) and a battery cap (216). The resilien... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375967 | Portable electronic device and heat-dissipation method and battery charger thereof A heat-dissipation method comprises providing a heat-transfer module and a heat-dissipation module, wherein the heat-transfer module is disposed in a portable electronic device, and the heat-dissipation module is disposed in a battery charger. The heat-dissipation m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7345872 | Handheld electronic device having a cover turnable 360 degrees relative to a body thereof A handheld electronic device (300) mainly comprises a cover (310), a main body (320), a monitor (328) mounted on the main body, a keyboard (318) mounted on the cover and a hinge structure (330) to which pivot portions (31... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331811 | Chip recorder A chip recorder is disposed on a circuit board for writing a chip, wherein the chip comprises a contact and the circuit board comprises a contact. The chip recorder comprises a chip housing, a base, a bracket, a push finger and an elastic member. The chip housing is... | 02/19/2008 |
| D559222 | Sliding mobile phone | 01/08/2008 |
| 7301525 | Coordinate positioning device and method thereof A coordinate positioning device and the method thereof for detecting the coordinate of a contact point even in an environment of periodic noises. Firstly, obtain a first and a second sampling values of the contact point at a first and a second time points, respectiv... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298336 | Antenna structure for operating multi-band system An antenna structure for operating multi-band system is disclosed. The antenna structure at least comprises a first radiation metal wire and a second radiation metal wire. These radiation metal wires send signal through the same feed point and provide a ground surfa... | 11/20/2007 |
| D555141 | Portable electronic device | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286116 | Keyboard module A keyboard module (300) includes a printed circuit board (302), a Qwerty keyboard (304) mounted on the printed circuit board. A plurality of application buttons (308) mounted on the printed circuit board and located within the Qwerty keyb... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278032 | Circuit and operating method for integrated interface of PDA and wireless communication system A circuit and operating method for an integrated interface of a PDA and a wireless communication system are disclosed. The circuit includes a PDA-turn-on-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-reset-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-state si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263387 | Speaker module design A speaker module (200) having a speaker unit (210) and a speaker box (220) is provided. The speaker module is mounted in a casing (22) of a hand-held electronic device (20). The speaker box (220) has a wall defining an apert... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253787 | Helix antenna and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a helix antenna. A ceramic cylinder including a central through hole, a first annular surface, and a second annular surface is provided. The first annular surface is opposite the second annular surface. The central through hole is between ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248707 | Detection circuit A plug detection circuit. The detected circuit is disposed in an electronics device with an earphone jack, accepting plugs with a plurality of conductive rings. The detection circuit has a plurality of pins, wherein a first pin detects, and outputs a first logic pot... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237127 | Portable electronic device and power control method thereof A power control method for a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device comprises a power supply unit and a volatile memory for storing data when the power supply unit supplies power thereto. First, the portable electronic device is set to enter a de... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7199765 | Mobile communication apparatus and global positioning system (GPS) antenna thereof A mobile communication apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a global positioning system (GPS) antenna. The GPS antenna is made of a metal sheet, and vertically inserted into the PCB. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| D535612 | Battery charging cradle of a personal digital assistant | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162562 | Portable electronic system and accessing method thereof A portable electronic device equipped with multi-function high speed bus and the relevant method is provided in the invention. The portable electronic device includes a main electronic apparatus for connecting to an expansion device through an expansion pack. The ce... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159107 | Booting method capable of executing a warm boot or a cold boot when a CPU crash occurs and computer system therefor A booting method capable of executing a warm boot or a cold boot when a CPU crash occurs in a computer system having a CPU and a memory. First, when the CPU is in a crash state, it is detected that a user wants to execute a hardware reset function or a software rese... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154486 | Stylus-accommodating structure for wireless communication apparatus A stylus-accommodating structure for a wireless communication apparatus includes a printed-circuit board (3), a receiving block (31) and a planar antenna (33). The receiving block further includes an outer surface (300) and a tunnel (3... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129654 | Flashing light control apparatus and method thereof The present invention describes a flashing light apparatus and method for operating the same. A pulse signal generated by a pulse signal generator and the states of the general purpose Input/Output pins of a CPU are used to control the lights to flash. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7106304 | Keypad device and operation method thereof A keypad device including a parallel/serial conversion device, a keypad module, and a controller coupled to the parallel/serial conversion device and the keypad module. The keys in the keypad module are arranged in parallel. After the key is triggered, an interrupt ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7071882 | Monopole antenna for a wireless communication system A miniature monopole antenna used in a wireless communication system. The monopole antenna has a radiation body, a feeding point and a short point. The radiation body has a plurality of slits alternatingly arranged at two opposite edges of the radiation body, and ev... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057561 | Multi-frequency antenna A multi-frequency antenna includes a antenna body, a patch antenna, and a ground plane. The antenna body has first and second radiation arms, a feed-in terminal, and a ground terminal disposed in one side of the antenna body for signal feeding, and grounding. The fi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7012596 | Color thin film transistor display module with shielding-effect cable A color Thin Film Transistor (TFT) display module with shielding-effect cable includes a color TFT display, a grounding terminal and a cable. The grounding terminal is installed at the rear of the color TFT display, while the cable, being electrically connected with... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003419 | Card for testing functions of card interface A card for testing functions of the card interface of an electronic device is provided. The testing card includes a converting circuit, a latch circuit, a data processor, a signal generator, an oscillation combination circuit, and a reset circuit is provided. The co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999800 | Method for power management of a smart phone A method for power management of a smart phone. The method comprises steps of resetting the smart phone, searching for network service, operating the mobile phone system in standby mode and a PDA system in normal mode when connected to a network, switching the mobil... | 02/14/2006 |
| D515059 | Handheld electronic device | 02/14/2006 |
| 6963326 | Frequency switching method of a CPU The invention is a frequency switching method of a CPU in electronic devices. The electronic device is comprised of a display screen and the CPU. The screen display changes according to the pixel clock. The method lowers the frequency of the pixel clock, switching t... | 11/08/2005 |
| D511342 | Handheld electronic device | 11/08/2005 |
| D501505 | Stylus | 02/01/2005 |
| 6842339 | Affixing device for affixing front cover, back cover and battery unit of a personal digital assistant An affixing device is used for affixing together a front cover (306a), a back cover (306b), and an extra battery unit (304) of a personal digital assistant (300). The affixing device includes a first screw (204(1 | 01/11/2005 |
| D500500 | Portable electronic device | 01/04/2005 |
| 6816740 | Recharge apparatus for holding the rechargeable device A recharge apparatus for holding the rechargeable device and battery includes the cradle top and the cradle base. The cradle top includes the elastic gate, the battery-fixing clip, and the charge area. The elastic gate is an opening for inserting the rechargeable ba... | 11/09/2004 |
| D497890 | Portable electronic device | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808423 | Connection-converting device for an expansion card in a portable electronic product A connection-converting device (300) is used to connect an expansion card (110) to a portable electronic product (20), for example, a personal digital assistant which has a circuit board (100) and a card socket (120) mounted on the... | 10/26/2004 |
| D497161 | Portable electronic device | 10/12/2004 |
| D496933 | Portable electronic device | 10/05/2004 |
