IP Library Granted Patent US 7,590,433
Granted Patent B2
US 7,590,433 · App. 11/327,443 · Granted Sep 15, 2009

Portable electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,590,433
App. No.
11/327,443
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a body, a signal transmitter/receiver. The body includes a display which has a first display mode and a second display mode. The signal transmitter/receiver has a ball spiral, a first ball and a second ball. The signal transmitter/receiver is pivotally connected to the body of the portable electronic device. The signal transmitter/receiver can be rotated around a rotation axis defined by the first ball and the ball spiral to a first signal receiving position corresponding to the first display mode, and can be rotated around a rotation axis defined by the second ball and the ball spiral to a second signal receiving position corresponding to the second display mode. Therefore, signals can be better transmitted or received when the display is in a given display mode.

Claims (11)

1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a body having a plurality of electronic elements; a display formed on a first surface of the body; a housing formed on a second surface of the body, wherein the body is operated in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, the display has a first display mode and a second mode correspondingly, and a ball sleeve is formed at one corner of the housing; and

a transmitter/receiver having a ball spiral, wherein the transmitter/receiver is pivotally connected to the ball sleeve by connecting the ball spiral and the ball sleeve comprising a groove and an opening, so that the transmitter/receiver can be rotated around the ball spiral with the groove, rotated to a first signal receiving position corresponding to the first display mode of the display with the groove, rotated to a second signal receiving position corresponding to the second display mode of the display with the groove via the opening, or in an accommodating position when the transmitter/receiver is received in the housing, wherein the housing has a first rotation slot and a second rotation slot corresponding to the two sides of the ball spiral, which intersect at the ball spiral, a first ball and a second ball being located in the two sides of the transmitter/receiver respectively, wherein the first ball and the second ball are in the first rotation slot and the second slot respectively when the transmitter/receiver is in the accommodating position.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the two sides of the transmitter/receiver, which intersect at the ball spiral, has a cylinder slot with a spring inside, wherein the first ball and the second ball are placed in the cylinder slots of the two sides, and protrude from the transmitter/receiver due to the elasticity of the springs.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the signal transmitter/receiver is an antenna.

4. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a body having a plurality of electronic elements;

a display formed on a first surface of the body;

a housing formed on a second surface of the body, wherein the body is operated in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, the display has a first display mode and a second mode correspondingly, and a ball sleeve is formed at one corner of the housing, a first rotation slot and a second slot are formed on the housing corresponding to the two sides of the ball spiral; and

a signal transmitter/receiver having a ball spiral, a rollable first ball, and a rollable second ball, wherein the ball spiral is pivotally connected to the ball sleeve comprising a groove and an opening, so that the transmitter/receiver can be rotated around a rotation axis defined by the first ball and the ball spiral with the groove, or rotated around a rotation axis defined by the second ball and the ball spiral with the groove, therefore, the signal transmitter/receiver can be in an accommodating position when the signal transmitter/receiver is received in the housing, can be rotated to a first signal receiving position corresponding to the first display mode of the display with the groove, or rotated to a second signal receiving position corresponding to the second display mode of the display with the groove via the opening.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 4 , wherein each of the two sides of the transmitter/receiver, which intersect at the ball spiral, has a cylinder slot with a spring inside, wherein the first ball and the second ball are placed in the cylinder slots of the two sides, and protrude from the signal transmitter/receiver due to the elasticity of the springs.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the signal transmitter/receiver is an antenna.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Dec 18, 2015
From: DUAL MEMRISTOR LTD. CO. LLC
To: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 037331/0629 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2012
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: DUAL MEMRISTOR LTD. CO. LLC
Reel/Frame 027775/0583 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2006
From: SUNG, CHENG-HSIN; OU, HSIEN-CHIH
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017450/0590 →