Motorola Solutions, Inc.

William Robertson

Ryan M Nilsen

Goktug Duman

Jody H Akens

Anthony M Kakiel

Kevin K Maggert

Adrian F Rubio

Michael J Page

Kuang Eng Lim

Timothy Brand

Peter B Gilmore

Andrew P Miehl

Charles B Harmke

William B Kiger

David H McClintock

Geng Xiang Lee

Salvador P Magana

Steven Gilmore

Steve Aviton

Jin Siang Chew

Oleg G Harizanov

Guerin L Williams

Battery

Handheld communication device

A portable radio includes a housing having a front display. The front display includes a liquid crystal display structure, a first layer of touch panel rear glass disposed exterior to the liquid crystal display structure, and a second layer of touch panel front glass disposed exterior to the first layer of touch panel rear glass. The second layer of touch panel front glass provides a viewable surface and user interface. The front display also includes a vacuum layer disposed between the first layer of touch panel rear glass and the second layer of touch panel front glass, and a plurality of spacers disposed in the vacuum layer that maintain a gap. The front display also includes a seal that at least partially seals and maintains a vacuum within the vacuum layer.

Portable radio with thermal insulation barrier

Remote speaker microphone

A battery pack is provided with an improved interface through the use of an endcap which forms a top surface of a battery pack housing. The endcap includes a walled aperture for a connector. The connector along with electronic circuitry is disposed on a printed circuit board located beneath the endcap. A dam of UV glue surrounds a perimeter of the connector preventing the potting compound from intruding into contacts. An endcap perimeter rim of UV glue seals the endcap to the housing. The endcap further includes an injection port and flow directors for guiding a potting compound into the endcap to form a water tight seal.

Battery pack interface

A grille configured for shielding a microphone cavity. The grille includes a first side. The first side includes a first plurality of parallel slats defining a first plurality of channels extending along a first direction. The grille includes a second side opposite the first side. The second side includes a second plurality of parallel slats defining a second plurality of channels extending along a second direction at a first angle relative to the first direction. The first plurality of parallel slats and the second plurality of parallel slats define a lattice having a plurality of openings extending through the grille. The openings are configured to diffuse air moving across the lattice. The channels and slats are configured to induce capillary action on water coming in contact with the lattice to drain water from the openings and the microphone cavity.

Systems for reducing wind-induced noise and water infiltration in communication devices

A control switch () is provided to facilitate a primary user interface for a control top surface () of a non-orthogonal control top () of a portable communication device (). The control switch () comprises a thumb button actuator (), a rotary lever () having a lever arm () extending therefrom, a transfer arm () coupled between the thumb button actuator and the lever arm of the rotary lever, and an electrical rotary switch () with a switch shaft () providing a primary axis of orthogonal rotation. Actuation of the thumb button actuator () results in linear, non-orthogonal motion of the transfer arm () being translated into rotary motion of the switch shaft () about the primary axis of orthogonal rotation ().

Radio control for a portable communication device

A connector assembly for connecting a battery to different electrical components within an electrical device includes a housing, and a plurality of sheet metal contacts coupled to and extending through the housing. The plurality of sheet metal contacts define a plurality of battery contact regions and a plurality of internal contact regions spaced form the plurality of battery contact regions. The plurality of internal contact regions physically contact the plurality of different electrical components. A first one of the plurality of internal contact regions is offset from a second one of the plurality of internal contact regions in a different spatial plane than a spatial plane of the second one of the plurality of internal contact regions.

Connector assembly

Speaker microphone

A radio includes an inner radio core having a main frame assembly and at least one water-sealed sub-assembly sealed to the main frame assembly. The inner radio core is an independently testable and functional radio. The radio further includes at least one customizable housing component configured to be releasably coupled to the inner radio core via at least one hook, tab, or fastener.

Radio with customizable external housing

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Pompano Beach, FL, United States of America

William Robertson