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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Michael Richard Floyd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Rebecca Lynn Parsons, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device (100) includes a housing cover (110) having a faceplate location (145), an electronic circuit (115), and a first faceplate (140). The location comprises a generic controls cutout (135) and a generic display cutout (130). The electronic circuit includes a specific set of controls (125) fitting within the generic controls cutout and a specific display (120) fitting within the generic display cutout. The first faceplate (140) is mounted in the faceplate and has a specific controls cutout (155) that is conformal to the set of specific controls (125) and a specific display lens (150) that is conformal to the specific display (120) and is one of a set of faceplates, wherein the first faceplate (140) is incompatible with another faceplate in the set of faceplates.