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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090423 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal comprises a front case and a rear case which are fastened with a printed circuit board (PCB) and an antenna connected with the PCB interposed therebetween; a battery protection cover opening and closing a battery receiving space provided on the rea... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7944685 | Interactive display cabinet An apparatus including a cabinet which displays content in a screen in response to digital contact with a transparent surface. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941193 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy into audio circuit and related methods A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing. RF circuitry and a processor are operative with each other and carried by the circuit board. A receiver speaker and microphone are carried by the housing. Audio circ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7856259 | In-built FM antenna A portable communication device including a casing having a front section and a back section is provided. The back section may at least partly made of an electrically conducting material. The casing also may enclose a ground plane and a radio circuit that is connect... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7787921 | Link coupled antenna system on a field device having a grounded housing A field device in an industrial process control system having an electrically grounded housing with an electrical circuit located within the housing is described. The electrical circuit includes wireless communication circuitry and is electrically isolated from the ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787920 | Dipole antenna for a portable communication device The present invention relates to a portable communication device arrangement comprising a main unit and an auxiliary unit. The main unit includes an electrical interface to an auxiliary unit, a ground plane dimensioned for antenna operation at a multiple of a quarte... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7483728 | Portable communication unit and internal antenna used for same A rear case and a front case are unified to form a casing. An internal antenna is accommodated in a predetermined space in the rear case, and supported in a state that it is inserted between the rear case and a printed circuit board. An output end of an antenna meta... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483727 | Mobile wireless communications device having improved antenna impedance match and antenna gain from RF energy A mobile wireless communications device and associated method of making same includes a housing and circuit board having a ground plane. Radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. An antenna is carr... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7424304 | Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live entertainment event The present invention relates to a method for providing interactive audience participation at live entertainment events. The method includes providing audience members with an interactive device that presents a promotional message and includes a user interface, broa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7405703 | Mobile wireless communications device comprising a top-mounted auxiliary input/output device and a bottom-mounted antenna A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the dielectric substrate, and an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389129 | Wireless communication apparatus The present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus that allows miniaturization of the wireless communication apparatus as a whole and improvement of characteristics of an antenna device. A notch portion is formed in a shield case formed of a conductiv... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386121 | Hand held communicators Rotatable easels position cellular telephones away from users' heads. Earpieces and microphones are on a shielded surface. Control keys and communications screens face away from a user. Back-to-back screens on opposite sides increase space for visual information and... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386281 | Mobile wireless terminal There is provided a mobile wireless terminal permitting the distance between the antenna and the human head can be kept relatively constant even if the angle formed by the case of the apparatus is varied, making it possible to ensure stable antenna performance. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376444 | Method and apparatus for radio frequency identification The present invention is a method and apparatus for radio frequency identification, comprising a supporter and a data card which can be connected with the supporter, wherein a user can easily carry and use an RFID data card, and, when co-operated with a supporter, t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373169 | Earphone antenna and portable radio equipment provided with earphone antenna An earphone antenna includes an audio signal transmission path formed by connecting a first shield wire of a coaxial cable to a ground, connecting a central conductor of the coaxial cable to a pair of first signal lines of an earphone cable via a capacitor which exh... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369883 | Radio communication device A radio communication device comprises an upper housing and a lower housing connected by a hinge part to be mutually rotatable. A connection portion electrically connects a first circuit board in the upper housing and a second circuit board in the lower housing each... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369089 | Antenna with multiple-band patch and slot structures A multiple-band antenna having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of structures configured for operation in respective ones of the plurality of operating frequency bands, and a plurality of structures configured fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369879 | System for reducing the electromagnetic interference between two or more antennas coupled to a wireless communication device A system for reducing electromagnetic interference between two or more co-located antennas is described herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a first antenna for transmitting a first signal within a first frequency band, and a second antenna for operating w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369885 | Radio device and cellular phone having a notch with a bent-back portion Disclosed is a radio device comprising a notch antenna, wherein the notch antenna is comprised of a circuit substrate including a ground portion and a notch portion opened at one end thereof, and a radio circuit portion provided on the circuit substrate for supplyin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366554 | Reduction of near field E-M scattering using high impedance coating materials The present invention selectively uses a high-impedance layer to reduce the effects of E-M scattering at metallic discontinuities. The high-impedance layer can be fabricated using a combination of metallic and resistive materials that are typically used in electro-s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365700 | Device for shielding electronic units including a transmitting/receiving equipment, and especially for shielding mobile phones The invention relates to a device shielding especially an electronic unit with a transmitter, such as a mobile phone, against electromagnetic radiation. The device includes a crystal and an winding/spiral, where the winding/spiral is wound with the crystal arranged ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366553 | Mechanically rotatable wireless RF data transmission subscriber station with multi-beam antenna A wireless RF data transmission system subscriber station has a fixed, overhead bracket secured, spindle. An open sided housing is rotatably mounted to the spindle. The housing has a finned heat sink and is interiorly coated with heat absorbing paint. Emissions shie... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363064 | Asymmetric handheld electronic device An improved handheld electronic device includes a case having an asymmetry provided by an outwardly protruding corner. The handheld electronic device includes an earphone disposed at the outwardly protruding corner. The positioning of the earphone allows a user to r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349724 | Radio frequency arrangement and production method and also use A radio frequency arrangement includes a first semiconductor body having on a first side a radio frequency connection location for emitting therefrom or for supplying thereto a radio frequency signal, and a low frequency signal connection location for emitting there... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340285 | Earphone antenna and portable radio equipment provided with earphone antenna An earphone antenna includes an earphone cable having first signal lines; a shielded cable including a coaxial cable, a second signal line for audio signals and a grounding wire, the coaxial cable having a central conductor passing high frequency signals surrounded ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340286 | Cover structure for a radio device The invention relates to a cover structure for a portable radio device, which structure also serves the forming of an antenna for the radio device. The cover of the radio device comprises a conductive planar component (330) and a dielectric planar component (... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330705 | Method and apparatus for controlling specific absorption rate in a mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus for controlling a SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) in a mobile communication terminal. The SAR is controlled by adjusting a transmission power of a mobile communication terminal. The method for controlling the SAR in a mobile terminal includes t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327841 | SAR optimized receptacle for mobile devices A holder for a mobile communication device comprises a receptacle for optimally reducing the SAR value of a mobile communication device secured within the receptacle. At least one material portion, a patch, causing electromagnetic losses may be placed within the rec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327226 | Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system A vehicle communication and control system is provided that may be more readily installed in a vehicle and that utilizes minimal additional wiring. According to some of the disclosed embodiments, the electrical components of the “brick” of a communication and co... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327328 | Antenna unit having a shield cover with no gap between four side wall portions and four corner portions Mounted on a back surface (21b) of a circuit board (21), a shield cover (24) has a substantially rectangular ceiling portion (241) with four corners which are chamfered, four side wall portions (242-245), and four cor... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321336 | Mobile wireless communications device including a wrap-around antenna assembly and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing, at least one wireless RF circuit carried by the PCB, and a first contact(s) carried by the PCB and electrically connected to the at least one wireles... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315291 | Vehicle-mounted apparatus and method of controlling the same By opening and closing the sub display with respect to the main display D1 via a hinge H mounted on the side portion, a variety of uses, such as to display different information on the two different displays, are easily realized, whereby easily supporting div... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305260 | Function specific interchangeable cover piece for a mobile communication device An interchangeable cover piece for a mobile communication device such as a cellular telephone replaces the standard cover piece to enable the mobile communication device to provide a specific functionality such as Global Positioning System (GPS) position location an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289834 | Antenna signal processing systems Antenna techniques particularly for orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communications systems. A signal processing system determines weights for an adaptive antenna, the antenna including plural antenna elements each receiving a signal including plural... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286089 | Antenna unit and electrical connection device thereof and portable device having the same A portable device with a sliding variable built-in antenna is provided including a main body, a variable built-in antenna which is assembled at a predetermined location of the main body and configured to slide up/down with respect to the main body according to an an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283841 | Transforming media device Systems and methods are presented herein for creating and using a multi-function device that allows a user to transform the device into the desired feature-set form which permit access to that feature's functions, without a need for a user to traverse a series of in... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280855 | Microphone coupler for a communication device The invention provides a communication device comprising: a cover; a printed circuit board; a microphone on the printed circuit board; an antenna located at least in part within the cover; and a RF shield can shaped to fit over the microphone about the PCB. In the d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280086 | Reflecting antenna with 3D structure for shaping wave beams belonging to different frequency bands Multifrequency reflecting antenna (AR), for example for a telecommunication satellite that comprises a reflector (R) with a front face (FA) for reflecting beams of electromagnetic waves belonging to at least two different frequency bands. The front face (FA) of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280856 | Portable terminal having tuner for changing radiation pattern A portable terminal having a tuner for changing an antenna radiation pattern is disclosed. In the portable terminal, a main body has a main body PCB and a main body ground defined in the main body PCB. A folder is rotatably connected to the main body by a hinge devi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274953 | Portable telephone with reduced specific absorption rate and improved efficiency A dielectric sheet is attached to the inner surface of the portable telephone housing. The dielectric sheet extends in the area between the user's head and a whip antenna of the portable telephone. The real part and the imaginary part of the relative dielectric cons... | 09/25/2007 |
