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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090096 | Tilting mechanism and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, a tilting mechanism includes a fixed section including a guide surface depressed in an arc shape; and a movable section having an outer peripheral surface curved in an arc shape that comes in contact with the guide surface of the fixed s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8027463 | Fixed telephone set capable of preventing howling and temperature rise of a handset The cradle and the telephone body are configured to be separable from and couplable to each other. The cradle and the telephone body are coupled to each other with a space interposed therebetween. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7957524 | Protective covering for an electronic device A protective cover for electronic devices. A device is examined and a film is prepared. The film may include multiple pieces and may have cutouts for discontinuities in the surfaces of the device or to accommodate a user interface. The corners or other portions of t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7742593 | Telephone handset for a broadband telecommunication system A telephone handset for a broadband telecommunication system, whose housing is composed of an upper shell and a lower shell forming a joining edge, shall guarantee a reliable coupling of the resonance volume to the free field with a particularly low sound leakage. F... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7688969 | Operation dial with rotary encoder An electronic apparatus includes an operation dial, a board disposed at an inner position from the operation dial, a rotary encoder disposed on a surface of the board on the side opposite to the operation dial side, and a connection member which engages with an enco... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7515705 | Folding type portable terminal When it is determined that the shells are set in the second state in an automatic activation mode, a TV receiver and TV display application program are activated, and a TV video signal is displayed on the main display. A full-screen display mode of displaying the TV... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7436951 | Portable interconnection system for incompatible audio communication networks A portable interconnection system has a housing having and a plurality of communications ports adapted for connection to a plurality of audio communication networks; electronics substantially enclosed by the housing; the electronics including at least interconnectio... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433466 | Radio handset A rear cover of a radio handset having a scooped recess for improving the ergonomics of the phone for single-handed operation. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412270 | Multifunctional mobile radio communication apparatus A mobile radio communication apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge part that foldably connects the second housing to the first housing, a one touch opening mechanism that is provided to the hinge part, and automatically opens the second housi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409058 | Display cover for a communication device A cover for a display device for a communication device is provided. The cover comprises: external dimensions shaped to fit said cover in a case for said communication device; a top surface; a bottom surface; a non-opaque region adapted to cover said display device ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383067 | Mobile wireless communications device comprising integrated antenna and keyboard and related methods A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and main circuit board carried by the housing and having circuitry thereon. A keyboard circuit board is carried by the lower portion of the housing and has a keyboard section and keyboard circuitry thereon c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376397 | Key setting methods A method of user-defined key setting in a portable electronic communication device. Corresponding relationships between keys and functions is recorded in a first mapping table and the portable electronic communication device executes the functions accordingly. When ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371967 | Protective cable guide and separator assembly A protective cable guide and separator assembly. A first handle is coupled to first ends of a plurality of RF cables and a second end is coupled to second ends of the plurality of RF cables. At least one resilient portion is between the first and second handle porti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369882 | Sliding/swing-type portable apparatus having self-retaining function A sliding/swing-type portable apparatus having a self-retaining function includes a main body; a battery cover coupled to the bottom surface of the main body in a predetermined position so that it can rotate about a first hinge axis toward or away from the main body... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363064 | Asymmetric handheld electronic device An improved handheld electronic device includes a case having an asymmetry provided by an outwardly protruding corner. The handheld electronic device includes an earphone disposed at the outwardly protruding corner. The positioning of the earphone allows a user to r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352859 | Audio earpiece for wideband telephone handsets A method of manufacturing a telephony earpiece is provided. The method includes providing a speaker diaphragm and constraining the speaker diaphragm using a cap to provide a thin cavity between the cap and the diaphragm. The first resonance peak of the diaphragm/cav... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343184 | Handheld device protective case A protective cover for handheld devices. The protective cover containing a hardened plastic protective inner layer and a soft outer layer. The protective cover containing at least one cavity for mounting the associated segment of the handheld device therein and at l... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336781 | Latching assembly for a removable cover of a portable electronic device A latching assembly includes a removable panel (1), a knob (2), a sliding latch (3), and a base cover (5). The removable panel includes a mounting hole (12), a depression portion (13), and a plurality of catches (17).... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333607 | Replaceable panel device for a handset A replaceable panel device (1) includes a panel (20) with a mounting portion (24), a locking subassembly (30), and a top cover (40) with a block (45). The mounting portion has at least one slideway (241), a recess ( | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333323 | Display system for use with portable display device A method and system are provided in which a display screen of an electronic device such as a laptop computer is double-hinged to a base or keyboard unit in such a manner as to allow the display screen to be opened while the bottom portion of the display screen is fr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330743 | Casing A casing for a portable communication device having an operating face comprising a fragile input region providing recesses for operation of respective user input elements and a protection arrangement protruding beyond the fragile input region having an external prof... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316592 | Electrostatic discharge enhanced charge contact design The present invention is directed to an electrical contact that incorporates a movable metal connection component such as a contact pin. The metal connection component is mounted within an insulating body. An electrically conducting path, from a contact head of the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305248 | Electronic device An electronic device, in which accommodation space for a display can be extended over the space where a speaker might be provided. A portable terminal, as an example of an electronic device, is provided with a display/speaker section, an operating section, and a mic... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289831 | Endless powered anywhere cellphone system A cellphone system, cellphone flip or non flip types (10) removable or collapsible hand crank to dynamo (12) external dynamo attachment (14) external solar cell attachment (16) dynamo and solar cell attachment jack (18) solar cells... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286803 | Palm-sized mobile information terminal with finger-insertion hooking portion A mobile information terminal includes a case that is formed in tabular form and in the size of a palm, a display device that is stored such that the screen is exposed to the outside, an electronic circuit that is stored in the case and controls the display device, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283841 | Transforming media device Systems and methods are presented herein for creating and using a multi-function device that allows a user to transform the device into the desired feature-set form which permit access to that feature's functions, without a need for a user to traverse a series of in... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280856 | Portable terminal having tuner for changing radiation pattern A portable terminal having a tuner for changing an antenna radiation pattern is disclosed. In the portable terminal, a main body has a main body PCB and a main body ground defined in the main body PCB. A folder is rotatably connected to the main body by a hinge devi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273387 | Electrical connector The electrical connector assembly includes a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end. A second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269255 | Portable terminal device It is an object of the invention to provide a portable terminal device having an excellent operability in a voice communication. There are provided a receiver (106) provided on a surface (101g) of a first housing member (101a | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269393 | Mobile radio device In a portable radio device in which both an antenna for cell phone and an antenna for receiving GPS data are installed, an object of the present invention is to decrease influence of the antennas on one another with respect to deterioration of their radio performanc... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260424 | Dynamically configured antenna for multiple frequencies and bandwidths A wireless communication device includes a reconfigurable antenna and one or more wireless transceivers coupled to the antenna. The reconfigurable antenna can be dynamically configured to transmit and receive wireless signals at a plurality of frequencies and bandwi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260390 | Software enabled on/off switch for radio functionality in a wireless device A panel has been provided to a wireless device that turns off all RF capability of the wireless device (including, but not limited to notifications, wireless web clipping, instant messaging, email sending/receiving, phone calls, etc.). The panel is brought up on a s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254424 | Mobile telephone station A mobile telephone station is disclosed having a receptacle comprising a bottom and one or more upstanding sides defining a compartment configured to removably receive a mobile telephone through a top opening. The receptacle may have one or more clips for retaining ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251510 | Wireless communication terminal and mobile type wireless communication terminal A wireless communication terminal includes first and second case members coupled together by a coupling portion so that the positional relation therebetween can be changed, an external wireless communication antenna provided at the first case member, an external wir... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242970 | Bluetooth™ hands-free kit structure The present invention is a Bluetooth™ hands-free kit structure. After the hands-free module according to the present invention executes Bluetooth™ functional pairing with a Bluetooth™-equipped mobile phone, it can be used as a acoustic type hands-free muting s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242973 | Portable electronic device 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. In the invention, a mobile electronic apparatu... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231039 | Telescopic structure for a telephone apparatus A telephone apparatus comprises a body part (601) and a sleeve-like grip part (602) mounted to the body part (601) for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part ( | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228112 | Mobile radio device In a portable radio device in which both an antenna for cell phone and an antenna for receiving GPS data are installed, an object of the present invention is to decrease influence of the antennas on one another with respect to deterioration of their radio performanc... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215767 | Fixed base assembly of mobile phone The present invention is to provide a fixed base assembly of mobile phone, which comprises a base having a cylinder at its center, a hollow at its bottom being connected to the cylinder such that the base is sheathed into a pillar at the center of a sucking disc, a ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210860 | Electronic devices including fiber optic cable and methods for forming the same A handheld, personal electronic device includes a handheld device housing. An electronic component is disposed in the handheld device housing. A fiber optic cable is routed through the handheld device housing and is operably connected to the electronic component to ... | 05/01/2007 |
