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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Matthew Paul Hanssen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John Thomas Sadler, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Paul Hanssen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John Thomas Sadler, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinge mechanism movably connects two housings of a wireless communication device such that the housing move relative to each other between open and closed positions. The hinge mechanism include a magnetic detent that initially resists the housing moving between the open and closed positions. However, the magnetic detent yields to move the housing between the open and closed positions whenever a user applies an amount of force that is sufficient to overcome the initial resistance.