Water resistant selective call receiver
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMichael P. Goldenberg, Tek-Choy Kok, Martin D. McCluskie, Scott L. Dill
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Abstract
A selective call receiver includes first and second housing portions forming a chamber therebetween which houses the electronic circuitry for receiving messages, a display for displaying the messages, and an annunciator for alerting a user that a message has been received. The first housing portion has an opening therein through which keys of an elastomeric keypad are accessible to the user. The keypad also includes a base portion for forming a seal between the first and second housing portions and a rim which extends into an additional opening in the first housing portion proximate the periphery thereof for sealingly receiving a lens therein.
Claims9
A selective call receiver of the type which includes a housing having a chamber therein for containing electronic circuitry which receives messages and alerts a user that a message has been received, and further including user control elements accessible by a user from the exterior of said housing, comprising:
- a first housing portion;
- a second housing portion for cooperating with said first housing portion to form said chamber;
- an elastomeric keypad for controlling said electronic circuitry and for forming a seal between said first and second housing portions, said housing portion having at least one opening therein, said elastomeric keypad comprising a base portion pressed between said first and second housing portions to form said seal, and at least one control key, said key being received through said at least one opening;
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- display means coupled to said electronic circuitry, comprising:
- an additional opening in said first housing portion positioned over said display means;
- a lens;
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- first means coupled to said base portion and extending into said additional opening for sealingly receiving said lens.
A selective call receiver of the type which includes a housing having a chamber therein for containing electronic circuitry which receives messages, display means coupled to the electronic circuitry for displaying the messages, and annunciator means for alerting a user that a message has been received, comprising:
- a first housing portion having at least first and second openings therein;
- a second housing portion for cooperating with said first housing portion to form said chamber;
- an elastomeric keypad including a base portion for forming a seal between said first and second housing portions, at least one control key accessible through said first opening, and a rim extending into said second opening proximate the periphery thereof;
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- a lens for viewing said display means therethrough, said lens being sealingly received within said rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.