User interface substrate for handset device having an audio port
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsSteve C. Emmert, John P. Boos
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Abstract
A substrate (56) for a handset device defines at least a portion of an audio port (274) and may include a keypad contact array (108) on the substrate (56) and a display electrode pattern (604) on the substrate (56). A display (52) is coupled to the substrate and is configured to at least partially surround the audio port portion on the substrate. In addition, in one example, the substrate (56) for a handset device (10) may include a first surface and a second surface. A keypad contact array (108) and a display electrode pattern (604) may be included on the first surface (96) of the substrate (56). The display (52) may be operatively coupled to the display electrode pattern (604).
Claims10
A substrate for a handset device comprising:
- at least a portion of an audio port defined by the substrate and being through the substrate;
- and
- a display operatively coupled to the substrate wherein the display is configured with an opening to at least partially surround the audio port portion on the substrate.
A handset device comprising:
- a housing and substrate within the housing comprising:
- at least a portion of an audio port defined by the substrate and being through the substrate;
- and
- a display operatively coupled to the substrate wherein the display is configured with an opening to at least partially surround the audio port portion on the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.