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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107259 | Portable electronic device Provided is a portable electronic device wherein breakage due to stress concentration at a portion of a housing in a connecting part side is suppressed. A second housing 5 of a mobile phone 1 has a front case 29 and a rear case 37 which f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102675 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for using a driver wheel to provide a plurality of housing configurations Described herein is an apparatus having first and second housings and a driver wheel. The first and second housings are coupled together so that they can be driven by the driver wheel to provide for a plurality of apparatus configurations. The apparatus is configure... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094464 | Portable terminal Disclosed is a portable terminal, including a first circuit board coupled to a main body and having a first connection terminal mounted on a surface thereof; a second circuit board coupled to the main body so as to cover at least a portion of the first circuit board... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8059427 | Slide mechanism for slide-type portable electronic device A slide mechanism used in portable electronic device is described including a main plate, a slide plate, and an elastic member. The elastic member includes a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion, a first curved portion and a second curved portion. Each ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045341 | Terminal and mobile terminal apparatus A terminal is formed by plating a terminal substrate in which a first material capable of being plated and a second material incapable of being plated are two-color molded. For example, by two-color molding an ABD resin and a PC resin to form a terminal substrate an... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7965519 | Terminal and mobile terminal apparatus A terminal is formed by plating a terminal substrate in which a first material capable of being plated and a second material incapable of being plated are two-color molded. For example, by two-color molding an ABD resin and a PC resin to form a terminal substrate an... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7796402 | Radio apparatus including no less than two housings A radio apparatus includes a first housing containing a first printed circuit board, second housing containing a second printed circuit board and being connected so as to be opened and closed to the first housing, an unbalanced-fed type antenna configured to be fed ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778044 | Tuner module for radio receiver The present invention is applied to a tuner module comprising a circuit as a constituent component for tuning at the time of radio signal reception and a metal case made of aluminum and receiving the circuit. The circuit includes at least one IC component. In the me... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7729129 | Mounting device for high frequency microwave devices In a package mounting structure for mounting a package on a case, wherein the package internally incorporates at least one of a high-frequency transistor, MIC and MMIC used in the microwave to millimeter-wave band, and a base thereof is formed of metal and serves as... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729128 | Electrically adaptive mechanical connection for electronic devices An electronic device, like a mobile telephone, has a first section and a second section. The first section and second section are coupled together by a mechanical connection, for example a hinge, swivel or sliding connector. Electronic components in the first sectio... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7573728 | Flexible dual-axis circuit board A dual-axis circuit board is disclosed. The circuit board includes at least an upper circuit board, a lower circuit board, and a connecting circuit board. The upper circuit board connects to the circuit in a top cover of the folding electronic apparatus, and the low... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7561443 | Electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus manufacturing method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprising: a first casing including a retaining hook; a second casing including a stopper edge; and a sliding unit including a base frame and a slider, the base frame coupled to the second casing, the slider sepa... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558078 | Information processing equipment According to the invention, information processing equipment using a flexible printed-circuit board which does not lose bendability with repeated opening and closing of a display unit, and which suppresses radiation noise from signal wiring is provided. In the confi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7515438 | Systems and methods for implementing subcriber identity modules Systems and methods for providing a SIM module for an information handling system, such as desktop computer, notebook computer or other type of portable information handling system, etc. An information handling system may be assembled so that a SIM module need only ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7466564 | Radio frequency unit The invention provides a radio frequency unit including a box-shaped chassis into which an insulating board loaded with electronic components is housed, and two connectors attached to a front plate of the chassis with a space therebetween. A supporting member protru... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7439622 | Semiconductor device The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, and transistors formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein control electrode terminals constituting external electrode terminals of the transistors, and first electrode t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440782 | Hinge device for a display for rotation type mobile phone Disclosed is a hinge device for a display rotation type mobile phone comprising a main housing, a folder having a main display device and rotatable around a first hinge axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the length of the main housing and a connection me... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418282 | Casing for portable communication device The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device. The casing has an operating face carrying user input elements and a display, and rails are provided along an intersection between adjacent housing elements to obscure the edges of the housing ele... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409190 | Radio-frequency circuit module and radio communication apparatus An integrated-circuit element and passive components are mounted on a front face of a multilayer substrate. A capacitor constituting a crystal-oscillator circuit is disposed inside the multilayer substrate. A cavity is provided in a rear face of the multilayer subst... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398114 | Mobile station body comprised of stacked elements An improved body design for a mobile station or other electronic device is provided. Unlike conventional mobile station bodies, which are comprised of durable polymer shells that are rigidly joined together (e.g., by ultra-sonic welding, adhesives, etc.) to enclose ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7375973 | Casing for a communication device A casing for a handheld communication device includes a set of individual parts, each individual part being formed from the same metal. The set of individual parts have a purity of at least a hallmark purity level. The set of individual parts is severable from the c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373184 | Portable radio communication apparatus and connection member A portable radio communication apparatus includes a main body including an first housing, a second housing and a hinge foldably coupling the first and second housings, a first circuit board provided in the first housing, a second circuit board provided in the second... | 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 |
| 7369414 | Rotatable hinge mechanism with enclosure for housing flexible printed circuit An electric device having a first body unit and a second body unit connected through a hinge unit is provided. A Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) having coil portions wrappable around the shafts of the hinge unit is also provided so that when the second body unit pivo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369881 | Portable telephone and method of manufacturing the same A portable telephone includes a lower case and elastic sheet, an operation button portion component, and an operation button illuminating light source. Predetermined openings are formed in each of the lower case and elastic sheet to arrange a plurality of front surf... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366555 | Mobile station enclosure An enclosure for a mobile station such as a cellular telephone. The enclosure has a front cover and a back cover integrally formed with a living hinge, which may itself function as an end cover. The front and back covers rotate away from each other about the living ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363068 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus including an apparatus body having an angle-adjustment device and a sliding-cover is provided. The sliding-cover selectively covers an internal space of the apparatus body and forms a rotatable connection with the angle-adjustment dev... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363066 | Slide type portable terminal A slide type portable terminal can include a main unit including separated first and second key sections and a first plate coupled to a surface of the main unit and a display unit with a display screen on a front surface and a second plate. The second plate can slid... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360964 | Joint structure A joint structure is for joining a pair of connecting members to each other. One of the connecting members has a lock portion formed so as to protrude from the member, and the other connecting member is provided with a receiving portion into which the lock portion i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359693 | Enclosure and substrate structure for a tuner module A tuner module comprising a tuner and a tuner enclosure. The tuner includes a substrate containing filter coils and the tuner enclosure includes at least one partition plate placed between filter coils of the tuner to improve the isolation between the filter coils. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359217 | Pivoting apparatus with a shielding function A pivoting apparatus with a shielding function rotatably connects a main body and a folder of a foldable device. The pivoting apparatus includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a first metal sleeve, and a second metal sleeve. The first metal sleeve is dispo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353003 | Housing for an electronic device A housing for an electronic device is disclosed and comprises a unitary tubular body (1) having an open end (2) for insertion of electronic componentry therein. Preferably, the housing is for a mobile telecommunications device. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349210 | Grease cover for heat dissipating apparatus A grease cover (50) for protecting grease spread on a bottom surface of a heat sink (20) includes a base wall (51), a plurality of sidewalls (52a, 52b, 52c, 52d), a protecting space (53 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343182 | Automatic sliding mechanism An automatic sliding mechanism is described. The automatic sliding mechanism includes a base, a sliding frame, a rail device, an actuating device, a frame recovery device, and a damping device. The rail device couples the sliding frame to the base, and the sliding f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342806 | Portable electronic device with multiple input interfaces An electronic device has a main body, a flip attached to the main body and multiple input interfaces. A first input interface is disposed on the main body of the electronic device. Second and third input interfaces are disposed on apposing sides of the flip. The fli... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333339 | Heat dissipation system for a miniaturized form factor communications card A heat dissipation system for a miniaturized form factor card allows a communications system for mobile information devices contained in the card to operate with high heat loads by employing a high conductivity pad on the printed circuit board of the mobile informat... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331516 | Portable terminal having movable keypad A portable terminal includes a main housing having a display device and a second keypad positioned adjacently to the display device and a first keypad adapted to slide on the main housing to expose and hide at least a part of the display device. The first keypad ove... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330742 | Portable communication device and method of sensing camera operation mode in the portable communication device A portable communication device including a first housing and second housing, wherein the second housing is connected to the first housing so that it is rotatable around a first hinge axis while facing a top surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7310872 | Computer enclosure A computing device having an improved enclosure arrangement is disclosed. One aspect of the enclosure pertains to enclosure parts that are structurally bonded together to form a singular composite structure. In one embodiment, structural glue is used to bond at leas... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309264 | Electronic apparatus including circuit board chassis The electronic apparatus includes a circuit board on which electronic component is mounted and a chassis housing the circuit board. The chassis is provided with a biasing force applying member applying a biasing force to at least one of top and bottom surfaces of th... | 12/18/2007 |
