Patent · US Expired

Portable electronic device with a sliding unit

US6862171B1 · kind B1 · utility

19Cited by
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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 2003
Grant dateMar 1, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1632
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a base module with a housing defining upper and lower sliding grooves at each of two opposite side walls of the housing, and a system module mounted slidably on the base module through a pair of sliding units. Each of the sliding units includes an upper rolling member that is received in the upper sliding groove and that is in rolling contact with a respective one of the side walls, and a lower rolling member that is received in the lower sliding groove and that is in rolling contact with a respective one of the side walls.

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