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Sliding type mobile telephone terminal

US7162283B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 2002
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/0237
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a sliding type mobile telephone terminal comprising (a) a main housing with upper and lower surfaces, (b) a sliding housing with upper and lower surfaces and first and second guide slots symmetrically formed on the lower surface to have a designated shape, and accepting in a range of a first sliding length a closing force from the main housing and accepting in a range of a second sliding length being disposed above the first sliding length an opening force from the main housing, thereby being closed into and opened from the main housing in a longitudinal direction so that the lower surface of the sliding housing is slid on the upper surface of the main housing, and (c) a module accommodated in the main housing and associated with the first and second guide slots so as to provide the opening and closing forces to the sliding housing.

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