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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170635 | Radio apparatus and antenna device for mobile radio system A radio apparatus including a first housing section, a second housing section and a hinge section is provided. The second housing section is rotatably connected to the first housing section. The second housing section includes an antenna feed circuit and a ground ci... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170634 | Polypod antenna Embodiments of the present invention include antennas for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antennas are configured to transmit a first electromagnetic signal at full power via a first set of radiating elements and to transmit the first electro... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160664 | Omni-directional antenna supporting simultaneous transmission and reception of multiple radios with narrow frequency separation An omni-directional antenna supporting simultaneous transmission/reception, from the same AP, on multiple frequencies, allowing each AP to communicate using each possible frequency. Each AP multiplexes its outgoing signals onto its transmitting antenna, and de-multi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150484 | Protective housings for wireless transmission apparatus and associated methods A housing for an apparatus for portable wireless transmission, the apparatus for portable wireless transmission having an antenna element arranged to be able to resonate at a particular highest resonant operating frequency to send/receive transmissions substantially... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150485 | Casing and portable terminal having the same A casing for a portable terminal is provided. The casing includes a first portion configured to replace a rear cover of a portable terminal so as to provide an exterior surface of the portable terminal, a second portion connected to the first portion, and an electro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131331 | Portable and foldable radio terminal with multiple frequency antenna A foldable portable radio device adapted to a plurality of frequency bands has a good antenna performance in all the use frequency bands even in both open and folded states. In the foldable portable radio device, a control section (24) controls switching mean... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126522 | Antenna device and portable electronic device comprising such an antenna device An antenna device for a portable electronic device, preferably for the FM frequency range, generally includes a monopole radiating and/or radiation receiving element including a feeding portion adapted to be connected to an antenna connection point. An inductor is c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8108020 | Identification of an antenna A system that is operable to adjust operation of a network device is provided. The system includes an identification module that is coupled with an antenna connector that couples the antenna with a network device. The identification module includes an identification... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108021 | Communications structures including antennas with filters between antenna elements and ground sheets A communications structure may include a ground sheet, a feed conductor, and an active antenna branch electrically coupled to the feed conductor. A parasitic antenna branch may be electrically coupled to the ground sheet, and the active and parasitic antenna branche... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8073515 | Multi-mode programmable antenna with configuration control and methods for use therewith An antenna configuration controller configures a programmable antenna via a configuration procedure. The configuration procedure includes evaluating first candidate antenna configurations, based on quality data corresponding to each configuration, wherein the qualit... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073514 | Electronic device having a dual autodiplexing antenna A dual autodiplexing antenna (300) redirects power flow (303) from an unloaded antenna to a loaded antenna, thereby improving communication performance under loaded conditions. The dual autodiplexing antenna (300) includes a first antenna (10... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060167 | Portable wireless machine An upper case (1) is connected to a lower case (2) in a hinge portion (3) so as to freely rotate. A plate shaped conductor (4) and a plate shaped conductor (5) are disposed along the surface of the case in the upper case (1)... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046038 | Portable wireless apparatus It is an object of the invention to provide a portable wireless apparatus capable of maintaining high quality of a communication in various using configurations obtained by a two-axis hinge mechanism. A portable wireless apparatus (100) having a two-ax... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7983037 | Battery cover mechanism A battery cover mechanism includes a housing, a battery cover and a releasing assembly. The housing has a first surface and at least one latching hook disposed thereon. The battery cover defines a notch therethrough corresponding to the latching hook of the housing ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966050 | Portable communication terminal In a portable communication terminal capable of assuming a state where a first casing 1 and a second casing 2 connected rotatably overlap substantially and a state where they are rotated relative to each other by 90° from the former state, the second ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962186 | Method and apparatus for transferring electrical power in an electronic device A short-range wireless power transmission scheme is used between two movably or detachably coupled device parts in an electronic device. In a device, such as a foldable or slidable mobile phone, both device parts have some electronic components that require electron... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7941194 | Antenna co-location in portable devices for simultaneous receive and transmit Systems and methods are disclosed for the co-location of radio frequency (RF) antennas in portable devices, portable devices and their docking stations and related systems, and devices with restrictive space constraints to allow for simultaneous receive (RX) and tra... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937127 | Radio terminal device The present invention is for providing a radio terminal device having shock resistance and high rigidity capable of preventing breakage of the housing even in the case it is dropped from a hand, without the risk of deteriorating the performance of the stored antenna... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930010 | Automatic antenna identification and configuration, and device including the same An automatic antenna identification system is provided that includes a connector to which a plurality of different antennas tuned to different respective frequencies or frequency bands may be connected. In addition, the system includes circuitry that automatically i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925319 | Wireless communication device for sending and receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands An wireless communication device with an antenna (400) for sending and receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands generates a plurality of resonances in the plurality of frequency bands and includes a first radiating element (402) that generat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7881759 | Shaped loudspeaker output in a communications handset Loudspeaker sounds in a communications handset may be amplified in predetermined frequency ranges through positioning the loudspeaker between ported and unported spaces. In one embodiment, an empty volume of space disposed in front of the loudspeaker is included to ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860541 | Apparatus for conveying information in a portable communication device A portable communication device (100) includes a radio (102) and RF memory key (104) that allows both RF and baseband signals to be transported over the radio antenna port. A single wire memory device (134) is embedded into RF memory key ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840243 | Antenna arrangement in a mobile terminal apparatus There is provided a mobile terminal apparatus in which downsizing of the mobile terminal apparatus can be achieved and an antenna characteristic can be suitably supplied. In a mobile terminal apparatus 10, upper and lower housing 13 and 15 | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835776 | Wireless terminal A wireless terminal comprises a ground conductor (1102) and a transceiver coupled to an antenna feed, the antenna feed being coupled directly to the ground conductor (1102). In one embodiment the ground conductor is a conducting case (1102). The... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813777 | Antenna tuner with zero volts impedance fold back An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless handset and an antenna tuner within the wireless handset that is adapted to preset its impedance to the transmit/receive circuitry in the handset. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7792559 | Self-installable switchable antenna A system, method, and apparatus for selecting a set of antennas, for use during operation of a radio system, from a plurality of antennas. The system, method and apparatus may include selecting one antenna that is part of an array of antennas. Then measuring charact... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787922 | Portable telephone with broadcast receiver To provide a cell phone equipped with a broadcast receiver that delivers a high receiving sensitivity and antenna performance in various usage states. A loop element 12 as an antenna for receiving television broadcast is arranged in a range (c) of an u... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7756556 | RF antenna integrated into a control device installed into a wall switch box A remote control electrical device which can communicate with a remote control device. The electrical control device is adapted to fit into a housing which fits into a wall mounting. The remote control electrical device can comprise a control circuit disposed in the... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738932 | Mobile electronic device with a camera ring serving as an antenna The invention relates to a mobile electronic device, and in particular, to a mobile electronic device with a camera ring serving as an antenna. A mobile electronic device comprises an RF module, a camera lens, and a camera ring. The RF module disposed inside of the ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7715891 | Receiving apparatus containing performance inspection function of antennas A receiving apparatus which is used while connected to a plurality of antennas, the receiving apparatus receiving a radio signal through the antennas to perform a predetermined process to the received radio signal, the radio signal being transmitted from a body-inse... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7636593 | Receiver A receiver for receiving a digital signal of a radio wave etc. modulated by the OFDM scheme, provided with a first reception unit having a first antenna set comprising a plurality of directional antennas, a first switching/combining unit for outputting a signal rece... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7620435 | Communication module with retractable antennae and method therefor Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a communication module may include an antennae unit that may extracted or extended from and inserted into the communication module. The antennae unit may be used to disable the operation of the communicati... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620436 | Portable communication device with global positioning system antenna A portable communication device (100) has an antenna with predominantly upward antenna radiation patterns at GPS frequencies. The portable communication device (100) includes a housing with a base portion (240) enclosing base portion circuitry (... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7610070 | 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... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7599725 | Mobile communication terminal having dual intenna A mobile communication terminal having two distinct intennas for selectively using the two distinct intennas according to a state of a folder is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal includes: a radio frequency (RF) switching unit for determining whether a fo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587228 | Antenna device for portable terminal An antenna device for a portable terminal, which includes an antenna module disposed in an antenna jack of a terminal capable of TV service, the antenna module receiving broadcasting signals depending on mounting/demounting of an external antenna. The antenna device... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7561904 | Systems and methods for managing antenna use In one embodiment, a method for controlling antenna use in a computing device comprises determining which wireless transceiving devices are active, and if multiple wireless transceiving devices are active, disabling transmission/reception diversity such that each wi... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555324 | Mobile terminal In a cell phone, no consideration is given to a switch unit when a reception circuit for space diversity is added, and consequently an antenna can be optimally connected to the reception circuit for space diversity. The cell phone comprises a first antenna for radio... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546153 | Antenna mount for mobile terminal An antenna mounting device for a mobile terminal comprises a cradle configured to detachably install to the mobile terminal and a rotary bar rotatably coupled to the cradle, configured to rotate with respect to the cradle. The antenna mounting device also comprises ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7529081 | Electronic device and slide mechanism An electronic device (100), suitable for operation in a compact configuration, a portrait configuration, and a landscape configuration includes a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) coupled to the first housing. A data coupler (502... | 05/05/2009 |
