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US6212414:
Wrist-carried radiotelephone
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Alameh, Rachid M.; Schaumburg, IL
Krenz, Eric L.; Crystal Lake, IL
Schellinger, Michael W.; Arlington Heights, IL
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| Assignee: |
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL
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| Published / Filed: |
2001-04-03
/ 1999-08-24
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| Application Number: |
US1999000379761
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04B 1/38;
IPC-7:
H04B 1/38;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04B1/38P4; T04B1/38P4;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
455/575.6;
455/347;
Original:
455/575;
455/090;
455/347;
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| Field of Search: |
455/575,90,348,346,347
379/428,430,433
368/010
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| Priority Number: |
| 1999-08-24 |
US1999000379761 |
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| Abstract: |
A wrist-carried radiotelephone, operable without removing from a user's wrist, includes a housing including a display and a battery, and a wristband having a plurality of rigid and flexing portions. The flexing portions mechanically connect the rigid portions. The wristband is electrically and mechanically coupled to the housing. The radiotelephone circuitry is distributed within the rigid portions of the wristband and is interconnected through the flexing portions of the wristband. The circuitry is coupled to the display and the battery through the wristband.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mancini, Brian ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Cumming, William; Chow, C.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A wrist-carried radiotelephone operable without removing from a user's wrist, comprising:
- a detachable housing including a display and a battery, the housing, display and battery being detachable without removing the wrist-carried radiotelephone from the user's wrist;
- a wristband having rigid and flexing portions, the flexing portions mechanically connecting the rigid portions, the wristband being mechanically coupled to the housing;
- radiotelephone circuitry distributed within the wristband, the radiotelephone circuitry including circuit boards electrically interconnected by flexible interconnects contained within the rigid portions of the wristband, the circuitry being coupled to the display and the battery through the detachable housing; and
- a deployable antenna assembly that is mechanically coupled to the wristband on both sides of the detachable housing such that the antenna deploys in proximity to the detachable housing, the antenna is stowed in at least one rigid portion of the wristband on either side of the housing when not in use, and wherein when operating the radiotelephone the antenna is deployed out of the at least one rigid portion of the wristband such that the antenna assembly extends over the detachable housing.
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