Motorola Corporation

James Lee Isbell

Matthew Ronald Michieli

Jay Robert Mitchell

Franco Lodato

Howard Geoffrey Nuk

Hartmut H Esslinger

Bradley K Lohrding

William D Webb

Stephen M Stanton

Carles Puche

James Whittaker

Po Yi Ng

Julio C Castaneda

Donald W Burnette

Aaron Robert Allen

David I Blatt

Peter D Iezzi

Kevin Duane House

Sam V Hosseini

Michael Stan Horn

Eduardo Nogueiras

Gordon Craig Henderson

John R Bohlen

Dan Earl Minks

Dav H Karl

Robert James Lamp

Richard Enrique Maldonado

Mathew Ronald Michieli

A first housing member () has a catch member () that engages a catch feature () on an inside surface of a second housing member () when the housing members are assembled together. A release window () is formed in the side of the second housing member to facilitate unlatching of the catch member from the catch feature. Alternatively, a latch release member () may be disposed in the release window so as to allow unlatching without the use of a tool. Additionally, the complaint covering may be formed so as to provide a water seal between the housing members, via sealing ridge () and a sealing groove ().

Concealed housing latch assembly for portable electronic device

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

Communication device

Housing for a communication device

A portable electronic device (,) is configured to include an accessible container (,) which has an access hatch (,) and a receptacle (,). The hatch (,) and receptacle (,) are each one-piece molded items. The hatch (,) includes a molded supple coating (,) over a molded rigid shell (,). The coating (,) is applied over walls (,) and a shell edge (,). The shell edge (,) is conformingly shaped to match a receptacle edge (,) so that a seal results when the hatch (,) is latched over a receptacle opening (,), with the supple coating (,) between the two edges (,). Latches (,) are integrally formed with the shell (,), and relief notches (,) are formed adjacent to the latches (,) so that a desired latch resilience results. The coating (,) covers the relief notches (,) so that no openings extend into the accessible container (,).

Self-sealing accessible container

An apparatus (,) for mounting an electronic component (,) to a print circuit board (,), wherein the electronic component (,) has a positive lead (,) and negative lead (,). The mounting apparatus (,) includes a positive contact plate (,) having a component contact (,) and PCB contact (,), wherein the component contact (,) and the PCB contact (,) are connected with and extending from the positive contact plate (,). The mounting apparatus also includes a negative contact plate (,) having a component contact (,) and a PCB contact (,), wherein the component contact (,) and the PCB contact (,) are connected with and extending from the negative contact plate (,). The mounting apparatus (,) further includes a captivating member (,) connected with and extending from one of the positive contact plate (,) and the negative contact plate (,), and an insulating member (,) located between the positive contact plate (,) and the negative contact plate (,) for preventing electrical current from traveling from the positive contact plate (,) to the negative contact plate (,).

Apparatus for mounting an electronic component to a printed circuit board

Radiotelephone antenna

Extendable/stowable antenna apparatus includes a molded elongated antenna stem with fixed and free ends. The stem is molded with an outer bearing surface, anti-rotation surfaces extending between the fixed and free ends, and a detent surface including a detent stow slot and a detent extend slot. A molded antenna radome includes an elongated opening molded therein with a mating inner bearing surface and anti-rotation surfaces designed to mate with the outer bearing surface and the anti-rotation surfaces of the stem. The opening slidably engages the stem for sliding movements between a stow position and an extended position at the free end. A spring biased detent mechanism in the opening engages the detent stow slot in the stow position and the detent extend slot in the extended position.

Extendable/stowable antenna

Portable radio communication device

An accessory (100) for docking a handset (1010) of a SSU and providing a connection to the SSU's antenna (1210) or a different antenna. The accessory (100) includes a first power/data connector (115) and the handset (1010) includes a second power/data connector (1014). The accessory (100) also includes a rotating rotating antenna coupler (130) whereby when the coupler (130) is in a first position, the handset (1010) can be placed in a recess (112) of the accessory (100) and coupled to a first connector (320). When the coupler (130) is rotated to a second position, the handset (1010) moves in a direction perpendicular to the coupler's axis of rotation until the second power/data connector (1014) mates with the first power/data connector (115), thereby locking the handset (1010) in the accessory (100). Once the handset (1010) is locked in the accessory (100), an antenna (1210) can be connected to a second connector (340) in the coupler (130).

Device for making RF and data connection to a satellite subscriber unit

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

James Lee Isbell