Multipurpose hinge apparatus for foldable telephones
CA 2000264 C · Owner: Motorola, Inc. · Inventors: Beutler, Scott D.; Barber, James H.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A multipurpose hinge apparatus for a foldable telephone is disclosed. The flip element is held in the closed and open positions by an enclosed cam element which follows recesses in one shaft securing the hinge elements. The hookswitch is activated by another enclosed cam which follows a recess in a second shaft.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed October 6, 1989 and granted September 7, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 6, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 6, 2011.
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