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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Curtis Wayne Thornton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Koichiro Takamizawa, Cary, NC (US);
Brian Francis Mellage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Curtis Wayne Thornton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Koichiro Takamizawa, Cary, NC (US);
Brian Francis Mellage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) modem device includes a body member and a flip member. The flip member includes an antenna element and is rotatably coupled to the body member for movement about a hinge axis between a closed position and an open position. A USB connector is movably mounted in the body member for movement between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the body member. A linkage mechanism in the body member couples the flip member and the USB connector so that movement of the flip member between the open position and the closed position moves the USB connector between the extended position and the retracted position.