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US 6,208,874 B1Granted
Telephone assembly with automatic antenna adjustment
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsCharles Albert Rudisill, Sean Ryan
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Abstract
A telephone is provided with a first housing and a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position. The telephone also includes an antenna pivotably attached to said second housing. A position control mechanism is provided to pivot said antenna away from said second housing, and a guide is provided to secure said antenna against pivoting when said second housing is in said closed position.
Claims28
A telephone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position with said telephone in an operative state;
- an antenna pivotably attached to said second housing;
- a position control mechanism pivoting said antenna away from said second housing responsive to said second housing sliding to said open position relative to said first housing;
- and
- a guide securing said antenna against pivoting when said second housing is in said closed position.
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A telephone, comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
- an antenna pivotably attached to said second housing;
- a position control mechanism pivoting said antenna away from said second housing;
- and
- a guide securing said antenna against pivoting when said second housing is in said closed position, said guide being attached to the first housing and said first housing having a first wall which faces the guide to define a channel-like space therebetween wherein the antenna is substantially disposed within the channel-like space with the second housing in the closed position and substantially projects from the channel-like space with the second housing in the open position.
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A telephone comprising:
- a first housing having a wall with a first section and a second section;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position, said second housing further having a wall which when the second housing is in the closed position substantially overlies only the first section of the first housing wall and which when the second housing is in the open position is disposed remotely from the first housing wall so that the first housing wall is exposed;
- an antenna pivotably attached to said second housing;
- a position control mechanism pivoting said antenna away from said second housing;
- a guide securing said antenna against pivoting when said second housing is in said closed position;
- a keypad attached to the first section of the first housing wall;
- and
- a display attached to the second section of the first housing wall.
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A telephone, comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
- an antenna pivotably attached at one end to said second housing;
- a biasing member urging said antenna toward pivoting about said one end in a first direction to an extended position away from said second housing;
- and
- a guide blocking said antenna from pivoting to said extended position when said second housing is in said closed position, said guide allowing said biasing member to move said antenna to said extended position responsive to said second housing being in said open position.
3 more elements
A telephone, comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
- an antenna pivotably attached at one end to said second housing;
- a biasing member urging said antenna toward pivoting about said one end in a first direction to an extended position away from said second housing;
- and
- a guide blocking said antenna from pivoting to said extended position when said second housing is in said closed position, said guide being attached to the first housing and said first housing having a first wall which faces the guide to define a channel-like space therebetween wherein the antenna is substantially disposed within the channel-like space with the second housing in the closed position and substantially projects from the channel-like space with the second housing in the open position.
3 more elements
A telephone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
- an antenna;
- a pivot member attaching said antenna to said second housing;
- and
- a guide assembly controlling movement of said antenna relative to said first housing when said second housing moves between said open and closed positions, said guide assembly including a pivot control mechanism cooperating with said pivot member to pivot said antenna to an extended position away from said second housing when said second housing is moved to said open position.
3 more elements
A telephone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
- and
- an antenna slideably secured to the first housing and having a first end which is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, said antenna projecting out from said first housing with the first end spaced from the first housing in said extended position,
- a control mechanism attaching said first end of the antenna to the second housing.
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A telephone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a contact on the first housing;
- a second housing slideably secured to the first housing for movement between an open position and a closed position, said second housing projecting out from said first housing in said open position;
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- first and second antennas on second housing,
- the first antenna positioned on said second housing to couple with the contact when the second housing is in the closed position,
- the second antenna position on said second housing to couple with the contact when the second housing is in the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.