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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:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney A. Dolman, Cary, NC (US);
Russell Evans Winstead, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard J. Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
A spring member internally mounted within an electronic device, such as a radiotelephone, serves both as a mechanical device for urging a flip cover to an open position and as an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting wireless communications signals.