Motorola Corporation

Michael L Shababy

Albert L Nagele

Steven Clark Emmert

Timothy Patrick McCormick

Stephen P Kopish

Steven Rokita

A charging base (4500) having a rear wall portion including center rear wall portion (4523) provides an incline for a radiotelephone when a contoured edge (792) of the radiotelephone makes contact with recessed area (4205) and outer surface (790) makes contact with a center rear wall portion (4523). Because recessed area (4205) is generally inclined, and the radio telephone when positioned on the recessed area and center rear wall portion is generally inclined, the radio telephone slides towards the guide tabs of the charging base. Further, guide elements on the charging base are used to engage corresponding guide elements in the radiotelephone to ensure that the contacts on the radiotelephone are held against contacts on the charging base at all times.

Charging cradle

Set of connectors for powering an electronic device

The battery pack retention apparatus, described herein, is an injection molded part. The injection molded part includes a rear housing (200) for a radiotelephone (100), two rails (201, 203) for a battery pack (101) to slide along and six guide bars (207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 217) for retaining the battery pack (101) on the radiotelephone (100). Four of the six guide bars are the compliance-type. The compliance-type guide bars (207, 211, 213, 217) have a U-shape and are coupled to the rails. A channel (401) is cored out from the rails under the compliance-type guide bars to allow for deflection of the guide bars. Deflection is caused by the bullets (409) of the battery pack (101) when the battery pack (101) is fully inserted. The deflection(y) of the guide bars provides a calculated force upon the battery pack (101). This calculated force ensures a high quality electrical connection between the contacts of the battery pack and the contacts of the radiotelephone.

Battery pack retention apparatus

A display assembly for an LCD device is disclosed wherein the LCD essentially comprises an elongated horizontal plate. The LCD is mounted in a recessed portion of the top surface of a carrier made of light transmitting material with preferably the back surface of the LCD contacting the carrier top surface. Beneath the LCD, the carrier has an effective wedge-shaped portion, or at least an inclined planar surface of the carrier, and a light source is effectively positioned adjacent the carrier. At least one retainer member is utilized to mount the LCD to the carrier with edges of the carrier top surface recessed portion laterally surrounding and thereby laterally locating the LCD device with respect to the carrier. The preceding configuration allows the carrier to provide for backlighting of the LCD since the carrier serves as a light pipe in addition to providing mounting structure for the LCD. Lateral extending portions of the top surface of the carrier are positioned adjacent to graphics, in a coverplate of the LCD assembly, which are to be backlighted. The retainer member may comprise a molded plastic part having two main planar extensions forming an angle less than the angle of the carrier end surfaces which mate with the retainer. Such retainer member has latching projections that engage the carrier such that a snap-together subassembly, capable of hand assembly, is provided comprising the carrier, the LCD and the retainer member.

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Stone Park, IL, United States of America

Michael L Shababy