Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Michael F Spence

Gaurav Gupta

John Joseph Gorsica

Michael J Lombardi

Daniel T Berg

Joseph L Allore

Roger W Harmon

Maninder Singh Sehmbey

Amber M Pierce

Frank H Stone

Paul B Crosbie

Ross W Ripley

Pongpinit Towashiraporn

Claus C Eckhardt

John P Jarvela

Marjorie M Ollayos

William G Kastritis

John H Dabbeekeh

John L Dabbeekeh

Riger J Jellicoe

An improved mobile electronic devicewith a unique thin and cost-effective form and design can have a large displayand a large full qwerty keypadon the outward surface and can have a capacitive touchpadon the inward surface of the flipor slide that facilitates navigation on the display and can detect and recognize the flip or slide position within the mobile electronic device. A pattern of capacitive traces or wirescan be laid out within the layers of a printed circuit board to detect a user's finger gestures without enlarging or adversely impacting the size of the mobile electronic device. The attractive mobile electronic device can also provide for the use of a speaker portunderneath a removable battery doorand a way to seal a port under a battery door for audio enhancement.

Implementation of touchpad on rear surface of single-axis hinged device

An improved plug connector () is disclosed. It includes: a generally U-shaped contact () including a first vertical leg (), a second vertical leg () and a horizontal leg () connecting the first vertical leg ()and the second vertical leg (), the first vertical leg () being longer than the second vertical leg (); and a retention block 110 connected to both sides () and () of the horizontal leg () configured to support the U-shaped contact ().This design can stand up to the harsh environment that it will be exposed to and will provide improved resistance to failure.

Resilient plug connector

A hinged housing portion () coupled to a second housing portion (), for example in a wireless communications device, including a compression spring () coupled to one of the housing portions, a cam () coupled to the body member, and a follower () coupled between the cam and the compression spring. The compression spring compresses along a compression axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The contoured surface or cam surface urges the follower against a first side of the second housing portion with the follower force. The follower force is parallel to the slope of the contoured surface slope at the point of contact between the follower and the contoured surface. The follower force results in rotation of the second housing portion in a first direction or second direction of rotation about the first axis depending on the angle of the contoured surface relative to the compression spring axis.

Spring biased hinges and methods therefor

Portable telephone

A telephone receptacle for releasably affixing a portion of a telephone handset thereto. A retractable latch member latchingly engages with a corresponding, mated latching surface formed on the telephone handset when the latch member is positioned in the latch position. An actuation force applied to either the left-hand side portion, or the right-side portion of the telephone receptacle retracts the retractable latch member into a release position thereby permitting the telephone handset to be removed from the telephone receptacle.

Telephone hang-up cup having rectractable latch member operative

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Michael F Spence