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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. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Larry Hawker, Waterloo, CA;
George Mankaruse, Kitchener, CA;
Robert Phillips, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Research in Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a communication device comprising: a cover; a printed circuit board; a microphone on the printed circuit board; an antenna located at least in part within the cover; and a RF shield can shaped to fit over the microphone about the PCB. In the device, the cover is shaped to enclose the PCB and the RF shield can. The cover provides pressure on the RF shield can to press inward on the microphone to fixedly attach it to the PCB.