Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6342738 | Mobile electronic device with integrated dual hardware/software power switch A portable electronic device, such as a mobile telephone, can be switched on by opening out a flip. The device can be switched off by closing the flip and operating a key on a key pad which causes software to remove the power supply to the processor of th... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6327485 | Folding mobile phone with incorporated antenna A folding mobile phone with incorporated antenna is disclosed. A folding mobile phone comprises a first and second housings connected by a hinge mechanism each other. A first conductive film is incorporated with the first housing, and a second conductive ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324386 | Folding communication device A mobile phone having a body and a pop-up cover which carries a loud speaker. The cover is hinged to the body of the phone and is movable between a closed position, wherein a surface of the cover overlies a surface of the phone body and an open position, ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311076 | Mobile communication devices A mobile communication device has a housing 1 containing battery and electronic component compartments 7. Located along a central axis of the housing 1 is a spring mounted roller 4 to which is attached a flexible liquid crystal display 9. The housing 1 co... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6304765 | Foldable communication device and method A foldable communication device (10) with a housing having two portions (11,12) pivotably mounted to each other to allow relative movement therebetween. This relative movement is about an axis (13) and enabled by mounting portion (11) to two mounts (14,15... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301468 | Electrical connector for a removable flip A radio communication device including a housing and a flip that is rotatably connected to the housing by a hinge means. The housing contains electrical components on a printed circuit board. The flip contains electrical devices including an antenna and a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6301489 | Flat blade antenna and flip engagement and hinge configurations Radiotelephones include flat blade antennas and flip configurations. The flat blade antenna and flip are mounted to the radiotelephone via dual hinges. The flat blade antenna is configured to be captured by the flip to define a cover in the stow position.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298245 | IC card-type radio communication device An IC card-type radio communication device includes a main body of equipment, a storage unit, a sound input unit, a sound output unit and a modulation-demodulation unit. The main body of equipment has an interface which is in accordance with a predetermin... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295441 | Input device and method of entering data into an electronic apparatus An input device for an electronic device such as a mobile phone includes an analog input device for scanning through an input space of records and a digital input device for selecting a current record presented on a display. The analog input device is a f... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282409 | Arrangements and a method relating to an apparatus containing electrical circuitry It is shown a lid (100) at a portable device (150), as well as a portable device (150) having a lid (100), where said portable device (150) contains electrical device circuitry (151) within a device housing (152). The lid (100) comprises electrical lid ci... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6272356 | Mechanical spring antenna and radiotelephones incorporating same A spring member internally mounted within an electronic device, such as a radiotelephone, serves both as a mechanical device for urging a flip cover to an open position and as an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting wireless communications signals.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269256 | Foldable portable telephone set with automatic off-hook function A foldable portable telephone set is foldable so as to be conveniently carried, and allows a speech communication when it is open. A light-emitting portion which emits light when an incoming call is received, and a light-detecting portion which detects li... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6256481 | Microphone connecting device for flip type portable telephone A device for electrically connecting a microphone mounted on a flip cover to an audio circuit of a telephone body. The flip cover is detachable from the telephone body when an excessive force is applied thereto. A hinge apparatus includes two hinge module... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6249684 | Wireless telephone with an ergonomic grip or handle An improved wireless telephone including a main body having a generally rectangular shape, the main body further including a first surface and a first width. The first surface having disposed thereon a plurality of input data entry keys, a visual display,... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6226501 | Radiotelephone having a primary keypad and a movable flip cover that contains a secondary keypad Radiotelephone flip covers hinged to a radiotelephone housing include a secondary keypad configured to overlie a primary keypad of a radiotelephone. A flip cover is movable between a closed position wherein at least a portion of a primary keypad is covere... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6192221 | Telephone with angled boom mike A telephone including a boom which is pivotally connected to the telephone body. The boom is connected to the telephone body such that it may be pivoted from a retracted position to an extended position. In the retracted position, the telephone has a smal... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6151486 | Magnetic latch and release device and radiotelephones incorporating same An electronic device, such as a radiotelephone, has a magnetic latch that maintains a flip cover in a closed position and an electromagnetic release conveniently positioned for one-handed operation by a user. A first magnetic object is disposed within the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6141540 | Dual mode communication device A communication device (100) operates in first and second modes of operation including a dispatch mode of operation and a telephone mode of operation. The device (100) includes a main body (124) having a top surface (126) and a cover (102). The cover 102 ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6141569 | Portable electronic device and method of coupling power thereto A novel portable electronic device including a first housing portion (106) having a first battery (135) integrally associated with the first housing portion and a second housing portion (104) having a second battery (102) operatively coupled to an externa... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6125289 | Portable terminal having dual opposing flip covers A portable terminal having dual opposing flip covers. The portable terminal includes a body having a plurality of function keys, and an LCD window, a first flip cover folding device in a lower portion of the body, a first flip cover connected to the first... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119019 | Flip cover assembly incorporating a cam member A flip cover assembly for an apparatus having an apparatus housing includes a cam member rotatably attached to the apparatus housing, a flip cover attached to the cam member for rotating with the cam member, and structure formed in the apparatus housing f... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118986 | Device for use with a user interface card A compact portable communication device (100, 700, 900, 1500) has a first housing section (110, 707, 910) and a second housing section (112, 702, 1512). A mechanical connector (314) connects the housing sections such that they move between a closed storag... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6104916 | Hinge pin A hinge pin assembly for a communication device (100) includes a partially assembled hinge base (105). The base (105) has a receiving receptacle (148), an edge (153) of the receiving receptacle, and a socket (160) having a wall (164). A hinge body member ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6094565 | Closeable communication device and method of operating the same A closeable communication device (102), such as a cellular telephone, has a housing (105), an input device, such as a button (208), carried on the housing (105), and a controller (304) disposed in the housing (105) and coupled to the button (208). The hou... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091938 | Microphone attachment for electrically connecting the microphone and audio circuit of a flip-type radio phone with a mechanical contact device A radio phone having a microphone attachment for electrically connecting the microphone and an audio circuit. The radio phone having a flip with the microphone embedded therein, a telephone body and connecting device for connecting the flip and the teleph... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091964 | Portable speech communication apparatus with sound channel in swingable flip A portable speech communication apparatus, preferably a radio telephone, has a flip (14) which is swingable from the apparatus (10). A sound channel is arranged in the flip for guiding sound from at least one speech opening (54, 62) in the flip to a micro... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6052606 | Reversible keypad and display for a telephone handset In cellular telephone handset having an upper casing and a lower casing, liquid crystal display screens with touch sensitive overlays are provided on each casing. In one mode of operation, the screen on the lower casing will display a telephone keypad and... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6006103 | Foldable cordless telephone functioning in an upright position when folded A cordless telephone is provided with a first part having a loudspeaker, a second part having a microphone, and furthermore with a hinge by means of which the second part is pivotable relative to the first part between a folded state, in which the second ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5991644 | Folding portable communications device A folding portable communications device which has a first housing 1 to which a second housing 2 and a third housing 4 are connected in a foldable manner, with a display section 11, a receiver section 13 and a keyboard section 14 provided in the housings,... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5991638 | Button cover holding mechanism for a portable telephone A button cover holding mechanism in which an angle between a button cover and a body is constantly maintained when the button cover of a portable telephone is in an open condition, and the button cover is maintained in a closed condition when the portable... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983083 | Hinge structure for foldable radiotelephone A radiotelephone comprising first and second housing portions connected by a hinge, the hinge comprising a mounting structure on the first housing portion; a shaft projecting into the mounting structure and rotatably connecting the mounting structure and ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5933330 | Portable radiotelephone arrangement having a battery pack and a detachable battery A portable radiotelephone (100) arrangement is disclosed. The portable radiotelephone is preferably foldable and comprises a first housing (102) and a second housing (108) hingedly connected to the first housing portion. The second housing portion has a r... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5918188 | Flip on/off detector A sensor unit for an electronic device having a pivotable cover member includes a signal emitter, a signal receiver spaced from the signal emitter, and a baffle attached to the cover member and disposed in the space between the signal emitter and the sign... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913178 | Microphone in a speech communicator The present invention relates to a sound guide (5) in a speech communicator, for example a land mobile radio, a walkie talkie, a cordless telephone or a mobile telephone (1). To achieve good sound quality in such a telephone, a cover (3) is often used whi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5890052 | Foldable wireless telephone wallet A portable wireless telephone structure in which a foldable wallet carries a telephone in addition to having a pocket to house paper currency. The telephone is exposed for use with the wallet in open condition and is housed with the wallet in closed condi... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5857148 | Portable electronic device and method for coupling power thereto A novel portable electronic device comprising a first housing portion (106) having a first battery (135) integrally associated with said first housing portion and a second housing portion (104) having a second battery (102) operatively coupled to an exter... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5832079 | Acoustic horn for use in cellular flip phones A pivotable flip element for use with hand-held radiophone units is specially configured to provide highly efficient coupling of acoustic energy into and out of the radiophone by virtue of an acoustic horn precisely formed as an interior cavity of the pla... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5742894 | Radio communication device having a moveable housing element and keypad disposed therein A radio communication device (103) operable in a radio communication system (100) providing a plurality of radio communication services including radiotelephone, facsimile and electronic mail services. The radio communication device (103) has a body housi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5732331 | Portable radio having a detachable flip portion A portable radio includes a main housing having a first electrical circuit and a flip portion having a second electrical circuit. The flip portion is rotatively mounted with a hinge to the main housing for positioning the flip portion between a close posi... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5719936 | Communication device for mobile operation having a telephone and notebook with display A communication device for mobile operation is equipped with a telephone as well as with a notebook with a display. Prior art devices have a housing in "pocket format" and a practically unrestricted mobility only with a greatly restricted range of functio... | 02/17/1998 |
