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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424316 | Body-worn personal communications apparatus In a body-worn personal communications apparatus, for example a wrist-carried wireless telephone, an antenna (102) is a helical or other physically-shortened electric antenna that makes use of the enhanced normal component of electric field close to the body.... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7359209 | Hinge with a connector An electronic device includes a first body having a first connector and a second body. A hinge located in the electronic device comprises a first hinge piece fastened to the first body, a second hinge piece fastened to the second body and pivotally coupled to the fi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7327255 | Carrying case for a handheld device and methods thereof A user of a handheld device may be alerted to a possible risk of losing the handheld device. The handheld device is able to be secured to a carrying case. The carrying case may alert the user by activating one or more of its user interface elements. The handheld dev... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323983 | Device for alerting when umbrella is left behind The present invention is for an umbrella with a device, called the umpod, built into the handle of the umbrella. When detached from the handle, the umpod serves as a receiver of a pulsating RF signal, or other electronic communication, sent from the handle of the um... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7242278 | Portable transmitter contained in a hard-to-open case An ID code is wirelessly sent to a device, such as a keyless-entry system or a keyless-starter system mounted on an automobile, from a portable transmitter. Electronic components including an electronic circuit board, a transponder and a battery are all contained in... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7173244 | Radiation detector A radiation detector having a head and a main body. The head has a probe and a first articulation. The probe contains a radiation detection element, and is movable due to the first articulation. Separately from the first articulation, a second articulation is provid... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167140 | Coil antenna A coil antenna having a magnetic core and a wire wound around the magnetic core. The magnetic core is flexible and bendable and is made of a mixture including soft magnetic powder and an organic binder agent. The soft magnetic powder comprises a plurality of particl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162228 | Apparatus, method, media and signals for controlling a wireless communication appliance Apparatus, method, media and signals for controlling a wireless communication appliance are disclosed. A method implemented by the apparatus, media and signals involves producing a message signal comprising an address portion and a payload portion, in response to an... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7123948 | Microphone aided vibrator tuning A method of tuning an alert device in a portable communication apparatus having a microphone. The method involves the steps of recording, through the microphone, an acoustic signal which is emitted by the alert device in response to a drive signal; deriving a charac... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119663 | Remote control key for preventing theft of transponder and method for manufacturing the same A remote control key that may easily be disassembled while preventing theft of its transponder. The remote control key includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal to remotely control locking and unlocking of a door. The transponder transmits a predetermined ID ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102535 | Mobile communication apparatus, monitoring apparatus, monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and computer-readable recording medium containing the monitoring program A mobile communication device (3) can be disconnected form a vehicle monitoring apparatus (1) arranged on vehicle for sensing the state of the vehicle as a monitoring object and transmitting sensing data representing the sensing result. The mobile comm... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099710 | Portable telephone case A portable telephone case structured to retain at least a portion of a portable telephone on an interior thereof and including a housing having a display portion disposed and structured to permit viewing of a display face of the telephone within the case, while the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099157 | Retaining and heat dissipating structure for electronic equipment A retaining and heat dissipating structure for electronic equipments installed aboard space, air or land vehicles comprises a ceramic powder (7), possibly mixed with a lightening material (8), placed with a certain degree of compression inside a contai... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085542 | Portable device including a replaceable cover An apparatus and method utilizing a portable device including an array sensor and a replaceable housing. The apparatus can include a main housing, a first replaceable housing configured to be coupled to the main housing, an array sensor coupled to the main housing, ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079862 | Re-positioning reminder for cellular phone A switch operated re-positioning reminder for a cellular phone is equipped with a time counter which can actuate an alarm device after a preset time is counted down. The magnet operated reed-in-tube switch is made up of a pair of partially overlapped but separated r... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063042 | Continuous gear hinge with electrical conductor A continuous gear hinge has leaves provided with meshing gear segments and a cap that extends over and behind the gear segments for holding the segments together while allowing one leaf to pivot relative to the other leaf. Each leaf has a cutout which interrupts its... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058295 | Electronic equipment Electronic equipment is disclosed with which, even when a main body receives an external force, the deformation of the main body can be restrained. The electronic equipment comprises: a main body, having a housing chamber for housing accessories; a base member, rota... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044368 | Multi-functional data card A multifunctional data card for carrying personal information includes a housing that has a keypad for initializing a selected program and entering a user access code unique to the selected program. The data card further includes a microprocessor disposed within the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7019622 | Handheld electronic device including vibrator having different vibration intensities and method for vibrating a handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device includes a housing adapted to engage a holster, and a sensor having an input adapted to sense engagement of the housing with the holster and an output responsive to that engagement. The output includes an out-of-holster state and an in-h... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019702 | Portable object comprising a wristband provided with electrical connection means through the case, electrical contact flange for said object, and mounting method for said flange The portable object (1) comprises a case (2, 3) containing at least one electronic circuit (11), a wristband (4, 5) attached to the case, and electrical connection means (8) for electrically connecting at least one conductive track... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013530 | Device for detachable connection between two elements The invention concerns a removable linking device 1 between a first element 3 and a second element (2). It comprises a reception cradle (13) delimited by the first element (3), on the one hand, and a connecting means (20 | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016712 | Hingeless mobile station A hingeless folding mobile station. The mobile station includes at least two halves that is separate enclosures each holding a portion of the mobile station's internal components. A flexible connector connects the components housed in one section of the enclosure wi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998966 | Mobile communication device having a functional cover for controlling sound applications by motion This invention relates to a mobile communication device (200) having a functional cover (202) for controlling sound applications by means of measuring motion of said functional cover (202). In particular, the present invention relates to a funct... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995665 | System and method for identifying, monitoring and evaluating equipment, environmental and physiological conditions A system and method are disclosed for identifying monitoring and evaluating hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions. The system may be worn by safety personnel to detect equipment conditions such as low power supply, environmental conditions such as ambient te... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978517 | Low-profile mounting clip for personal device A low-profile, durable mounting clip for holding personal devices. The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted “L” shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on a housing of... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6956497 | Method and apparatus for sending presence messages An intentional presence system in accordance with the present invention includes a transmitting device at a first physical location that is responsive to a command intentionally initiated by a first individual at the first physical location to develop a presence sig... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6917280 | Cradle for accepting portable communications device and coupling portable communications device to first network by way of second network A cradle for accepts a portable communications device (PCD) that is normally in radio communication with a first network. The cradle couples the accepted PCD to the first network by way of a second network when the PCD is out of radio communication with the first ne... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6674358 | Holster with detection for an inserted electronic device A holster for a telecommunication device includes a self-contained power source for driving an alert and a detector. The detector detects the presence and unseating of an telecommunication device that is insertable into the holster. The alert is coupled t... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6597281 | Pager belt buckle device A pager belt buckle device for conveniently combining a belt buckle with a pager unit. The pager belt buckle device includes a belt buckle member having an upper elongate support portion and a lower elongate support portion being spaced apart and further ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6329903 | Wrist watch-style pager A wrist watch-style pager prevents connection failure and/or breakdown due to attachment/detachment of a loop antenna and has a receivable frequency band which is not affected by the thickness of the wearer's arm. A U-shaped antenna structure is mounted i... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6212366 | Housing assembly for a selective call receiver A housing assembly (100) includes a housing (101) having a first opening (105), a door (114) coupled to the housing at the first opening, wherein the door is slidable between opened and closed positions with the housing, a first latch (110) coupled to the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6188881 | Belt clip and device using the same The housing (12) for a portable device (10) has a cavity (40) which engages a boss (28) on a U-shaped clip (22) to prevent a relative rotation between the housing (12) and the U-shaped clip (22) whenever a force is exerted on the free end of the U-shaped ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6049290 | Control button interface for a portable communications device A pager including a housing and a control button interface, where the housing has an opening having at least one recess area around a portion of the opening and the control button interface is coupled to the housing and has multiple buttons arranged with ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6021310 | Computer pager device A computerized paging device connected a source of power for transmitting and receiving messages. The computerized paging device includes a modem for transmitting messages to a desired party and receiving message signals transmitted to the device and a mi... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6009309 | Method of operation a combination radiotelephone and paging device and method of operation A combined radiotelephone and paging device (101), hereinafter the combined unit, normally operates as a radiotelephone. In response to a predetermined condition, the combined unit operates as a paging device. The predetermined conditions include low batt... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5986566 | Wrist band antenna A wrist band antenna prevents connection failure and/or breakdown due to attachment/detachment of a loop antenna and has a receivable frequency band which is not affected by the thickness of the wearer's arm. A U-shaped antenna structure is mounted inside... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5956656 | Wireless selective call receiver operable in cover closing state A wireless selective call receiver includes a body section composed of a display panel, a control section having a memory and built in the body section, and an operation unit, and a cover section connected to the body section and composed of a hinged cove... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5933089 | Pager with message display function A pager having a notifier to notify the receipt of a call signal for itself, an LCD to display certain display messages, a light sensor to detect the light quantity of the light irradiated to the surface of the LCD, a control section to generate the contr... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5923265 | Portable receiver comprising a manually actuable control device Portable receiver for receiving and displaying radio broadcast messages having a series of characters, the portable receiver including a housing (6) having at least one face (7); a memory (45) for storing messages; a display (2) mounted on or visible thro... | 07/13/1999 |
