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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Felipe Alonso Varela, Sunrise, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Patrick Yves Mas, Sunrise, FL (US);
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Felipe Alonso Varela, Sunrise, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Patrick Yves Mas, Sunrise, FL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper housing coupled to the lower housing and slidable relative thereto between closed and open positions. The upper housing includes a cover plate affixed to a rear of the upper housing. The cover plate may conceal at least one electrical connector housed in the upper housing, and may be removable to allow access to at least a portion of the at least one electrical connector. The cover plate may be configured to maintain the lower and upper housings in a generally uniform spaced apart relationship as the upper housing moves between the closed and open positions.