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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Roger W. Harmon, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Giles D. Mcwilliam, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Harmon, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Giles D. McWilliam, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Mobility, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are pivoting structures and methods of pivoting structure. The pivoting structures can include a movable shutter plate including an aperture, pivotally fastened to a supporting plate by the pivot pin, and having a slot that receives a slot pin of a rotator, the movable shutter configured to move across the rotator as the first housing and second housing change their orientations with respect to one another. In a particular position, an aperture of the moveable shutter plate is aligned with an aperture of the first housing.