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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1995
Jill C Olkoski, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Tyler D Jensen, Sunrise, FL (US);
Julio C Castaneda, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Gordon Wayne James, Plantation, FL (US);
Wille Kotte, Miami, FL (US);
William D Werner, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Larry E Marvet, Plantation, FL (US);
Roger G Higgins, Sunrise, FL (US);
Steven Jay Finch, Plantation, FL (US);
Benjamin J Hafen, Sunrise, FL (US);
William R Williams, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Joseph Patino, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Kok Huat Chong, Sunrise, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic device (100) includes an attached door cover (150) having a speaker (160) with an integral speaker magnet (165) that is used as an actuator for a magnetically enable switch (130) positioned within the housing (115) of the electronic device (100). The door cover (150) is movable between a first position adjacent to the housing (115), and a second position having at least a portion of the door cover (150) away from the housing (115) and the switch (130) is actuated magnetically by the speaker magnet (165) when the door cover (150) is in the first position. Preferably, the speaker magnet (165) helps to latch the door cover (150) closed. Additionally, the door cover (150) is preferably detachable from the housing (115) of the electronic device (100) and is user replaceable.