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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7995746 | Headset Communication unit comprising a housing (1) in which at least one transducer is placed, and on which a microphone arm (2) is suspended. The housing also has an ear hook (6) for fastening the communication unit to the head of a user. The micropho... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991147 | Handset device with laminated architecture A handset device (10) includes a laminated front sub-assembly (15) and a rear housing (20) supporting the laminated front sub-assembly. In addition, in one example, an integrated circuit substrate (24), a battery (28), and a speake... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7881464 | Microphone with reduced noise The present invention provides a microphone apparatus. The microphone apparatus includes a housing with an outer surface and an interior chamber. A microphone element is disposed within the interior chamber. The outer surface includes a first substantially planar su... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7864513 | Keypad module for mobile electronic device A keypad module for a mobile electronic device is provided. The mobile electronic device has a main body. The keypad module includes a receiving bracket adapted to be mounted on the main body. A flexible circuit board is arranged in the receiving bracket. A switchin... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7792284 | Washable shell for a handheld electronic device The shell of an electronic handheld device is adapted for easy and repeated—even frequent—assembly with and disassembly from the electronics, and the shell is washable, preferably in a dishwasher. Preferably, the shell comprises a plurality of parts that can be ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7738656 | Portable terminal device Damage to a bearing section and cases is able to be prevented in a portable terminal device in which two cases are mutually and rotatably coupled about an axis that extends in the direction in which they overlap, and the range of the relative movement of the two cas... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7646865 | Telephone handset coupling system A telephone handset that includes both a speaker and a secondary flux coil is provided. The secondary flux coil provides improved inductive coupling between the handset and a hearing aid. Due to the wiring configuration of the handset, the speaker and the secondary ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620174 | Touchpad A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a body portion and input means in the form of a touchpad. The touchpad is movable between a first relative position where it operates in a first mode, and a second relative position where it operates in... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7561684 | Mounting structure for an electroacoustic transducer In a portable telephone, the front side of a back casing is covered with a front casing. A circuit substrate is housed in a housing concave portion of the back casing and the front side of the circuit substrate is covered with a waterproof type keypad sheet material... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551735 | Housing for an electronic device, and method for making the same A housing (100) for an electronic device includes a cover (10) and an elastic keypad (12). The cover includes a plurality of keypad openings (102) defined therein. The elastic keypad is integrally formed with the cover. The elastic keypad... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536008 | Antihelix-conforming ear-mount for personal audio-set A light weight and comfortable ear mount for a personal audio-set is disclosed. The ear mount conforms with the anti-helix of a wearer's ear thereby operating substantially as a compression spring between the wearer's anti-helix and tragus to operably secure the per... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536009 | Folder type mobile terminal A folder type mobile terminal which prevents damage to a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), due to an external impact is provided. A display protecting member incorporated into the upper and lower cover of the folder portion of the mobile terminal preve... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7444173 | Mobile telephone A hand held mobile telephone is disclosed comprising a front face having a longitudinal extension greater than a lateral extension and having a plurality of openings therein, and a multiplicity of keys each having an upper surface bounded by side walls. Each key pro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440784 | Portable communication apparatus Disclosed is a portable communication apparatus. The portable communication apparatus includes a first housing including a plurality of keys, a second housing including a main display unit and being movable from the first housing about a first hinge axis and being r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7430067 | Mobile phone device incorporating a printer assembly A mobile phone device includes a chasis. A mobile phone casting is mounted on the chasis. Mobile phone circuitry and components are on the chasis and housed within the casing. A printing assembly is mounted on the chasis and housed within the casing. The casing and ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424306 | Apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages An apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing including electronics operable to receive an input and display a sequence of no more than seventeen characters in response to the input. The electron... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421286 | Telephone alert system A telephone alert system for remotely signaling a person when their mobile phone receives a call includes a vibration detection assembly adapted for detecting vibrations and sending a wireless signal when vibrations are detected. The vibration detection assembly is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7386330 | Bi-axial swivel mechanism in electronic apparatus A support shaft is received in a socket for relative rotation. A first hollow space penetrates through the support shaft. A first hollow member extends in a first direction from the tip end of the support shaft. The first hollow member defines a second hollow space ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372958 | Portable communication apparatus A portable communication apparatus includes arrow keys for moving a highlight bar to select one of a plurality of information items displayed on screen and an Enter key for executing a selected information item. The arrow keys and the Enter key are disposed close to... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373180 | Method and apparatus for accentuating graphical elements on a mobile handset housing A transparent mobile handset housing with graphical elements such as alphanumeric characters, icons, and logos positioned directly onto the housing with visibility enhanced through backlighting. The transparent housing is covered with an opaque coating and omitted p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372959 | Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be increased or decreased, and to correspondingly enable the viewable area o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372413 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device (100) includes a main body (110), a cover body (120) and a linking member (130). The cover body is coupled to the main body and is movable relative to the main body. The cover body includes a lens module (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369884 | Slide assembly A sliding assembly for a keypad protection cover of a telephone handset including at least one slide spring to urge the keypad protection cover in either the open or the closed position. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369655 | Telephone handset universal connector A telephone handset universal connector is used to connect between a phone base having a set of four signal outlets, and a handset having a set of four corresponding signal ports. The telephone handset universal connector includes a universal circuitry and a selecti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355816 | Load/unload ramps and their compositions Compositions and materials for use in load/unload ramps in magnetic disk drive assemblies are disclosed, particularly compositions or materials to improve at least one of the desired characteristics of low wear, low cost, high mechanical stability and high moldabili... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353053 | Non-binding sliding display for a handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device having a slidable display is provided. A display unit is slidably connected to a body unit at two (or more) sliding joints. A mechanical linkage constrains motion at all of the sliding joints to be substantially equal. In this manner, bi... | 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 |
| 7337498 | Electronic device and hinge assembly thereof An electronic device and a hinge assembly thereof. The electronic device includes a base, an elastic member, a first cam, a second cam, and a third cam. The elastic member is disposed on the base. The first cam is disposed on the base in a manner such that the first... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332889 | Battery charger A battery charger. The battery charger includes a housing having an outer surface, a battery being supportable on the outer surface, a charging circuit supported by the housing and electrically connectable to a power source and the battery, and a protective structur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330547 | Dual keypad phone A telephone comprises a first body part with a first keypad and a second keypad located on opposite sides of the first body part, and a second body part having a display. As the first body part is swiveled to bring the second keypad to the front of the phone the pro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324082 | Portable data processing device with one touch control and switching method thereof A portable data processing device with one touch control and a switching method thereof apply to the portable data processing device with a touch pad and a built-in one touch control official system, and users can directly press the key on the touch pad to execute t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321760 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317932 | Portable phone capable of being switched into hearing aid function The present invention discloses a portable phone using a sound receiving unit installed in the portable phone to receive a sound in the surrounding within an appropriate range, and then using a sound source playback device to play a sound after being amplified, so t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310740 | System and method for a configurable portable information handling system cover switch delay Power down to a reduced power state, such as a standby or off state, of an information handling system is delayed by a user-configured time after detection of closing of the cover of the information handling system. In one embodiment, a cover delay module associated... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310067 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield secured on circuit board A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308288 | System and method for prioritized interface design A system and method for prioritized interface design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a wireless-enabled device may include a display, a user input mechanism, and a housing component that at least partia... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
