Vertu Corporation Limited

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Mark Hutchison

Frank Settemo Nuovo

Brian James Davidson

Peter Ashall

Lisa Hunt

Cedric Allum

Caroline Elizabeth Millar

Simon Furmidge

Stephen Telford

Timothy Porter

Michael Hague

Nigel Cridland

Hammond Deo

The invention relates to a method of customisation of portable communication devices. A plurality of casing elements capable of individual formation are designated. The character of these elements is selectable by a commissioning party. The characters selected are communicated to a production facility for realisation of the customised casing.

Method of producing a telephone device

A mobile device operable with keyshaving charactersengraved onto the surface of the keys. To provide back illumination, visual traces of the characters are provided by a plurality of holesmade to the keys to provide spot light outlets adapted to collectively define the traces. The holes can be drilled and the key caps can be made of steel or other metals. The groovescan be closed by a translucent material such as resin to block the ingress of dirt into the holes

Key for a mobile device

The invention relates to personal communications devices and housings for such devices. The casing includes a front face that needs protection and is supported by a substrate that is gripped between an overlaying any underlaying part to secure it in position.

Casing for a portable communication device

The invention relates to casing for portable communication devices and light guides for such devices. The casing () has a light guide for over-laying a display located in the display region () to deliver front lighting to the display and extending across the input region (), the light guide providing a recess in the input region for operation of a key of the key arrangement.

Casing

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 elements, on the exterior of the assembled housing.

Casing for portable 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 casing without reducing the purity of the set of individual parts below the hallmark purity level.

Casing for a communication device

The invention relates to casings for portable communication devices. The casing is reusable with engines having different processing capabilities.

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 profile that provides a plurality of contact points defining a contact plane such that when placed face downwards on a generally planar surface, the fragile region is spaced therefrom and impulses received on contact between the generally planar surface and the operating face are substantially dissipated away from the fragile region.

The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device. The casing has an opening face carrying user input elements and a display, and rails are located against movement relative to a spacing element to strengthen the casing against flexing.

Casting for portable communication device

A mobile telephone () comprising keys (to, rowsto) hinged from the end opposite to a display () so as to allow positioning of the keys partly over the display () to place soft keys () next to respective legends () shown on the display ().

Mobile communication device and a cover for the same

A two part cellular radio telephone in which a separable part is charged from a cellular transceiver portion.

Cellular radio telephone

The invention relates to portable communication devices and in particular to the casings of such devices. The casing has an operating face providing a key arrangement for operating face provides recesses in the input region for operation of the keys.

A portable telephone assembly comprising first and second portions is disclosed. The first portion comprises a primary power source, is independently operable as a portable telephone and is arranged to be detachably connectable to the second portion. The second portion is arranged to be removably attachable to a user and comprises an auxiliary power source operable to supplement the primary power source when the first and second portions are connected.

Two part portable telephone configured to be worn about the person

A housing assembly for a mobile telephone comprises a window panel and a front cover, with a clip arrangement which assists in preventing the common problem of the window panel falling out of the front cover. The clip arrangement comprises a rigid clip on the window panel which engages with a beam integrally moulded in the cover. This allows use of a low profile clip which does not extend into the telephone assembly, so permitting strong connections to be made in small assemblies.

Clip arrangement for portable electronic apparatus housing assembly

A portable telephone assembly comprising first and second portions arranged to be mutually detachably interconnectable is disclosed. The second portion is arranged to be removably attachable to a user. The first portion comprises a body portion and an extendible portion movable between a relatively extended configuration and a relatively contracted configuration. The extendible portion is biased towards the relatively extended configuration, such that when the first portion is detached from the second portion, the extendible portion is urged towards the relatively extended configuration.

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Headley, United Kingdom

Mark Hutchison