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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
John Chip Laugal, South Barrington, IL (US);
Kenneth John Roback, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Fredrick C. Becker, Fox Riber Grove, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An antenna detent and latching mechanism (,) for coupling to a radiotelephone and mating with a radiotelephone antenna stem (,) is provided. The antenna detent and latching mechanism (,) includes a bottom plate (,) for mounting the mechanism in the radiotelephone, a bearing plate (,) coupled to the bottom plate, a detent follower (,) coupled to the bearing plate (,) and engaging a plurality of detents (,) in the bearing plate (,), and a detent spring (,) coupled to the detent follower (,) and providing force against the detent follower (,). The detent spring (,) is preferably a substantially flat leaf spring. The detent follower (,) preferably has a plurality of detent spring contact surfaces (,). The detent spring (,) may be supplemented with additional detent springs (,).