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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. 23, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Michael J. Hughes, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Ningsheng Zhu, Whippany, NJ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention is a wireless communication device ( ) that includes a housing ( ) and a compartment ( ) accessible from one side of the housing. The device also includes a compartment cover ( ) that has a covering position over the compartment and a latching assembly ( ) that is supported by the housing. The latching assembly is capable of receiving an end portion ( ) of the compartment cover such that the latching assembly requires less interactive force to receive the end portion than to release the end portion. In addition, the latching assembly includes an inner component ( ) positioned adjacent to the housing and an outer component ( ) positioned adjacent to the inner component. The inner component moves together with the outer component to release the end portion of the compartment cover and moves separate from the outer component to receive the end portion of the compartment cover.