EP0522762A2
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Mobile phone
Assignee: Nokia Oyj
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Filing: 1992-06-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-06-29
Abstract
Abstract A smart card or a plug-in SIM unit (2) is placed in a compartment (5) which is located in the housing (1) of a mobile phone and closed by the battery unit (3). <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Markku Myrskog
- 👤 Petteri Vanhanen
- 👤 Arto Seppanen
- 👤 Risto Pitkänen
- 👤 Lasse Uronen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 14:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/38; H04B1/3816; G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/0013; G06K7/0021; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/026; H04M1/0262; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
A telephone, particularly a mobile phone, the use of which requires a replaceable information unit (2) and a replaceable battery unit (3) in the handset, and which has a closable compartment (5) for the information unit (2) in the housing (1), characterized in that the compartment (5) is closed by the battery unit (3).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
53 words
Telephone according to claim 1, characterized in that the information unit (2) is a smart card, and that the compartment (5) is formed by suitable edges in the surface of the housing (1), whereby contacts (4) are arranged on the bottom of the housing for the contacts (2a) of the smart card (2).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
Telephone according to claim 1, characterized in that the information unit (2) is a "plug-in SIM" -unit (Subscriber Identity Module), and that the compartment (5) is a space accessible through an opening in the housing (1) surface, whereby the SIM unit (2) in the space is placed into a reading device known per se.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Telephone according to claim 1, characterized in that the information unit (2) is pushed into the compartment (5) through an opening in a surface (10) defined by the battery (3).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
Telephone according to claim 4, characterized in that the compartment (5) is located below the earpiece.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
Telephone according to any previous claim, characterized in that the reading device has a mechanism, whereby manipulating the mechanism the will cause the SIM unit (2) to rise from the housing in an angle relative the surface of the housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Telephone according to any previous claim, characterized in that a sealing is arranged around the compartment (5) between the housing (1) and the battery unit (3).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
Telephone according to any previous claim, characterized in that markings (7, 8) are arranged on the information unit (2) and on the housing (1) to facilitate the installation of the unit (2) in the correct direction in the compartment (5).
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