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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190219 | Sliding-tilt unit and mobile device using the same A mobile device including a first body and a second body slidably and tiltably coupled. The second body can be arranged to a first location, at which the second body overlaps the first body, and a second location, at which the second body is tilted with respect to t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190220 | Slider mechanism and configuration for a mobile communication device A mobile device comprising a base and a cover operatively coupled with a hinge-less slider mechanism and configured to move on an angle between a closed position and an open position. The base includes a keypad which is accessible when the cover is in the open posit... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185173 | Sliding type mobile terminal A mobile terminal having a first body, a second body slidably attached to the first body, and means for connecting the first body to the second body and allowing the second body to be moved between a closed position and an open position such that an overall thicknes... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185174 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a first member having an opening extending therethrough, a second member coupled to the first member such that the second member defines, with the opening of the first member, an accommodating portion to re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180417 | Portable terminal A mobile terminal has an opening and closing mechanism in which when an appropriate force is applied to the upper body to achieve a sliding movement with respect to the lower body, the upper body can be moved in a planar direction along the lower body and then in a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180418 | Hinge apparatus and portable electronic device A hinge apparatus includes a hinge unit that pivotably links a first housing and a second housing about a pivot axis, and a slide mechanism that enables the hinge unit to slide with respect to the second housing in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis of the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180416 | Sliding-type mobile communication terminal A sliding-type mobile communication terminal having a first housing and a second housing opened or closed by means of a sliding movement in a longitudinal direction of the first housing, The terminal includes a spring module adapted to provide a sliding force, along... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170632 | Electronic device and operation method thereof An electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a fixing element, a first main body and a second main body. The fixing element has a first arc-shaped groove, which passes through the fixing element. The second main b... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165649 | Torsion spring The invention is about a sliding mechanism for a portable electronic device. Among others, the sliding mechanism comprises a first part with a guiding groove where the first part is arranged along a longitudinal axis. The sliding mechanism also comprises a second pa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165650 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device comprises a body member and a cover member. The body member includes a battery receiving space and a keypad. The cover member is slidably mounted to the body member along two opposite direction so as to respectively cover the battery rec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160661 | Slide mechanism for slide-type portable terminal devices An exemplary slide mechanism (100) includes a rear cover (10), a front cover (20), and a magnetic assembly (80) connected to the rear cover and the front cover. The front cover is slidably attached to the rear cover. Each of the at least ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160662 | Slide device and electronic equipment A slide device includes a base, a slider provided at the base and slidable along an axis serving as a y-axis with respect to the base, a cam provided at the base and having a surface undulating in an x-axis direction orthogonal to the y-axis, a cam follower provided... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160660 | Dual slide portable terminal A dual slide portable terminal includes a first housing having a surface and a rear surface; a second housing having a surface; and a dual slide coupling mechanism coupling the first and second housings to each other. The coupling mechanism includes: a first transla... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160663 | Method and apparatus concerning sliding parts An apparatus including a first rail part and a second rail part which are allowed to slide with respect to each other. The apparatus further includes a wearable protrusion in one of the rail parts to set a pre-defined clearance between the rail parts. A method is al... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155718 | Sliding/hinge apparatus for sliding/rotating type mobile terminals Disclosed herein is a sliding/hinge apparatus for sliding/rotating type mobile terminals, which can be slid and rotated from a body housing of the sliding/rotating type mobile terminal. The sliding/rotating type mobile terminal includes a body housing and a slide ho... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155720 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device includes a first plate, and a second plate provided with guide rails on respective edges thereof and slidably coupled to the first plate. A main body is coupled to the first plate and a sub body is coupled to the second plate. Torsion s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155719 | Key input device for a portable communications apparatus and a sliding module therefor A key input device for a portable communications apparatus having a main body housing and a sliding body housing mounted on the main body housing to be slid along first and second directions perpendicular to each other. The key input device includes a first key arra... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150482 | Mobile computing device with moveable housing segments A mobile computing device includes a first housing segment and a second housing segment. The first housing segment includes a display surface on a front exterior face. The second housing segment that is slideably coupled to the first housing segment to move between ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150483 | Sliding mechanism and portable electronic device having the same A sliding mechanism (40) includes a base plate (42), a first sliding plate (44), as second sliding plate (46), and a elastic element (48). The first sliding plate (44) is slidably mounted on the first sliding plate (44 | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145284 | Portable terminal including first casing and second casing retractably accommodated in first casing A portable terminal includes a first casing having a first wiring board, a first operation portion, and an accommodating portion opened in its peripheral surface, and a second casing configured to be accommodated in the accommodating portion through the opening and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145285 | Flexible gaskets for wireless terminals with sliding members Gaskets and wireless terminals with gaskets for sealing a space between sliding members in wireless terminals. The wireless terminals include: (a) a first member; (b) a second member overlying the first member, wherein at least one of the first and second members is... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140135 | Handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device including a first body, a second body, a sliding block and a linkage mechanism is provided. The first body is stacked on the second body. The sliding block is located between the first body and the second body, and is slidably coupled to... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140134 | Electronic device The present invention has an object to provide an electronic device to improve user convenience, in which a cellular phone 1 includes an operation unit side body 2 having an operation face 2A, a display unit side body 3 having a display f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140136 | Slide module and portable terminal having the same A portable terminal includes a first body, a second body, and a slide module slidably coupling the first body and the second body, the first body and the second body sliding with respect to each other via the slide module, wherein the slide module includes a first s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131329 | Distributed mode speaker for mobile devices A mobile communication device includes first and second housing sections movably connected so as to move relative to one another between open and closed positions. The first and second housing sections each include protected surfaces that overlap when the first and ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131330 | Sliding type portable terminal A sliding type portable terminal is provided. The sliding type portable terminal includes a first housing, a second housing connected with the first housing while facing the first housing and reciprocating on the first housing in a straight direction, and a guide me... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126520 | Apparatus with sliding housing parts An apparatus with a central housing, a top housing slidably movable relative to the central housing and a bottom housing slidably movable relative to the central housing is provided. The central housing is provided with an area for user input. A first portion of the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126521 | Multi-mode user input system and method A system and method for multi-mode user input for a mobile device, the system including: a second portion of the mobile device; a first portion of the mobile device that is movably engaged with the second portion to move between a closed position and an open positio... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121659 | Slide mechanism A slide module includes a slide middle part positioned and located between a slide glide and slide base for providing relative sliding movement with respect to one another such that the slide middle part moves a first distance with respect to the slide base and the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121660 | Semi-automatically sliding mobile terminal A semi-automatically sliding mobile terminal includes a first main body, a second main body, a hinge unit, and a guide line. The second main body slides on the upper side of the first main body. The hinge unit includes a coupler coupled to the first main body and a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121661 | Mechanism for radio communication terminal The present invention relates to a radio communication terminal comprising a first casing, a second casing, a slider mechanism and a hinge mechanism, wherein the slider mechanism is adapted to movably connect the first and the second casing, the hinge mechanism is c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121658 | Torsion spring, elastic device and sliding apparatus and portable appliance utilizing the device Disclosed is an elastic device which is suitable for a sliding opening/closing apparatus of a portable appliance. The elastic device includes a first torsion spring including a first spiral part which is wound as a spiral shape without a vertical overlapping portion... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116835 | Electronic device and sliding mechanism thereof A sliding mechanism is provided, including a first member, a second member, a slider, a wire, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The first member and the slider are movable with respect to the second member. The wire connects the first member with the slider. The... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116834 | Mobile terminal with tilting display A slide type mobile terminal having a first body and a second body is provided. The first body includes a display and a first slide member. The second body includes a key pad and is slidably coupled to the first body. The second body includes a second slide member t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112133 | Keypad and slide type mobile terminal having the same A keypad and a slide type mobile terminal having the same are provided. The slide type mobile terminal includes a first main body; a keypad having an upper surface part and a lower surface part, and a second main body coupled to the first plate positioned at one end... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108016 | Portable communication device having a dual sliding flip hinge assembly A portable communication device includes a base assembly, a flip assembly and an intermediate assembly operatively coupled to the base assembly and the flip assembly by a dual sliding flip hinge assembly. The dual sliding flip hinge assembly is configured to facilit... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108019 | Sliding hinge A sliding hinge includes a base body, a sliding body slidably coupled with the base body, and a pushing component placed between the base body and the sliding body and having a torsion spring and a swinging arm. The torsion spring has a first elastic arm with a free... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108017 | Portable terminal A portable terminal is provided where the portable terminal has an upper body including an upper surface and a lower surface, a lower body having an upper surface, the upper body being slidably connected to the lower body for movement between a closed position and a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108018 | Cellular phone with a guide member and sliding member with insert member having a guide groove A phone is provided. The phone comprises a first body having a first face, a second body having a second face facing the first face and connected to the first body so as to be slidable in a moving direction parallel to the first and second faces, guiding members pro... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107235 | Electronic device An electronic device comprises a first module, a second module, a flexible printed circuit board, a first protecting cover and a second protecting cover. The first module comprises a bottom plate. The second module is disposed below the first module and comprises a ... | 01/31/2012 |
