Motorola Corporation

Eduardo Nogueiras

David I Blatt

Aaron Robert Allen

Peter D Iezzi

Matthew Ronald Michieli

James Lee Isbell

Stephen M Stanton

Sam V Hosseini

Bach L Nguyen

John R Bohlen

Dav H Karl

A portable electronic device includes a portable electronic device housing () where the housing has at least one orifice () to an internal portion () of the housing. The electronic device also includes a flex circuit () projecting from the orifice, a seal () located at the orifice to prevent liquid from entering the internal portion of the housing, where the seal has a first portion () and a second portion (). The first portion and the second portion of the seal sandwich the flex circuit and the seal is snug fit in the orifice. A method () of installing a seal for a portable electronic device housing having an orifice through which a flex circuit protrudes is also provided.

Seal for portable electronic device housing with flex circuit

An apparatus for protecting an accessory connector () on a communication device (). The communication device can include an opening () for providing access to the connector. The apparatus can be a cover () attached in a tethered relation to the communication device. A portion of the cover can be flexible so as to allow a user to selectively move the cover between a first position and a second position. In the first position, at the cover can substantially close the opening such that the connector is substantially protected from the infiltration of solid particles and the gross intrusion of liquids. In the second position, the cover can be held away from the connector such that substantially unimpeded access to the connector is permitted. The cover and communication device can have various associated features to ensure that the cover is retained in the first and second positions.

Connector cover for communication device

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Miramar, FL, United States of America

Eduardo Nogueiras