Patent ID: 6506119
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H01H,H01M,H05K,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
In a hand-held navigation device that is normally held by a user with a top face of a housing of the device positioned above a bottom face of said housing with respect to the vision of a user, and with a front face of said housing facing the user, said front face having an input area and a display area aligned along a longitudinal axis of said housing, the improvement comprising:said input area positioned along said longitudinal axis on a portion of said front face that is near said top face of said housing and said display area positioned along said longitudinal axis on a portion of said front face that is adjacent to said bottom face of said housing, such that, when the housing is held normally by a user, said input area is positioned vertically above said display area with respect to the vision of the user, said housing having at least one battery cavity aligned along said longitudinal axis, said at least one battery cavity having an end that opens onto said bottom face of said housing.