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US 7,184,802 B2Granted
Mobile communication device having rotating keypad assembly
AssigneeSiemens Communications, Inc.
InventorLovleen Chadha
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Abstract
A mobile communication device comprises a housing having a keypad assembly including one or more arrangements of keys for keying information into the mobile communication device. The keypad assembly may rotate within the housing either about an axis generally perpendicular to the face of the keypad assembly or about an axis generally parallel to the face of the keypad assembly for presenting different arrangements of keys to the user of the mobile communication device.
Claims15
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a keypad assembly disposed in the housing, the keypad assembly having at least a first arrangement of keys and a second arrangement of keys,
- wherein the keypad assembly rotates for alternately presenting one of the first arrangement of keys and the second arrangement of keys to a user of the mobile communication device for keying information into the mobile communication device, the keypad assembly comprising a key face on which the first and second arrangements of keys are disposed and the keypad assembly rotates about an axis generally parallel to the key face, the keypad assembly further comprising a spindle and the first arrangement of keys and the second arranaement of keys comprise rows of keys disposed along the spindle.
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A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a housing having a keypad face;
- a keypad assembly disposed in the housing, the keypad assembly including at least a first arrangement of keys and a second arrangement of keys for keying information into the mobile communication device,
- wherein the keypad assembly rotates about an axis generally parallel to the keypad face for presenting one of the first arrangement of keys and the second arrangement of keys to a user of the mobile communication device for keying information into the mobile communication device, the keypad assembly comprising a spindle and the first arrangement of keys and the second arrangement of keys comprise rows of keys disposed along the spindle.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a keypad assembly disposed in the housing, the keypad assembly including an arrangement of keys,
- wherein the keypad assembly rotates within the housing so that the arrangement of keys is rotated between a first position accessible by the user for keying information into the mobile communication device and a second position at least substantially inaccessible by the user for keying information into the mobile communication device, the keypad assembly comprising a spindle and the arrangement of keys comprise rows of keys disposed alono the spindle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.