Flat panel telephone station set
US4056696A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 1976 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S224/929
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Subscriber-interface elements of a telephone station set are combined in and on a swivel panel. In one embodiment which is useful in automobile radiotelephone applications, the panel is a sun visor and includes arrangements to hold the handset in place even when the panel is upside down and to draw the handset up against the panel if the handset should be dropped during or after a call. Control buttons are arranged on the panel close to the user and, in the automobile embodiment, on a portion of the panel which is closest to the driver's line of vision. A cable connecting various station set elements to a control processor and radio extends through a swivel axle for the panel for convenient access to automobile body passageways from the visor to other locations of the automobile.
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