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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165284 | Slide module and portable terminal having the same A slide module having a first slide member, a second slide member moveable with respect to the first slide member, and a biasing unit connecting the first slide member to the second slide member, is provided. The biasing unit includes a first linkage having a plural... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7853009 | Electronic device having a single-split hinge A hinge assembly (200) for a clamshell-type electronic device includes a spindle (201) and casing sleeve (202). The hinge assembly (200) facilitates a single-split hinge. In addition to providing the mechanical hinging action, the hinge a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7773745 | Opening mechanism having a solid body, a movable body and a guide mechanism for sliding the movable body with respect to the solid body An opening mechanism has a guide mechanism which holds the movable body in such a manner as to be slidable in the predetermined direction with respect to the planar solid body. This structure allows the solid body, the movable body and the guide bodies to be made of... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7702096 | Self-cradling type portable terminal Disclosed is a self-cradling type portable terminal including a first body having at least one first user interfacing unit, the first body having a stationary body and a sliding body adapted to slide in a longitudinal direction of the stationary body while continuou... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7660411 | Portable telephone A portable telephone in which two bodies thereof are placed in superposed relation, and one body slides relative to the other body to change how far they superpose, thus expanding and contracting the overall length of the telephone in the sliding direction. The one ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657026 | Sliding mechanism for slide-type portable electronic device A sliding mechanism (6) includes a main board (10) and a sliding board (20). The main board has a body (11). A guiding rail (112) is formed at each of two opposite sides of the body. The sliding board has a first portion (21... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7646866 | Slide module for a slide type electronic device A slide module for a slide type electronic device includes a slide base having two opposite slide edges curling inside to form two longitudinal roll edges. A pair of slide rails are provided with a pair of slick guide recesses. The guide recess receives one roll edg... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7599487 | Sliding type hinge device and personal portable device using the same There is provided a slide hinge device for guiding a slide of a slide part on a main part. The slide hinge device includes: a slide hinge unit installed in the rear of the slide part, for guiding a slide of the slide part; a fixed hinge unit installed in the front o... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7564967 | Electronic device with two-dimensional sliding cover and two-dimensional slide apparatus An electronic device with two-dimensional sliding cover and a two-dimensional slide apparatus are disclosed. The two-dimensional slide apparatus includes a first member, a second member, a third member and a first torque-retaining assembly. The second member is mova... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555120 | Slide type mobile terminal A hand-held mobile terminal for use in a mobile communications network is provided. The terminal comprises a first body comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top of the first body comprising a user interface for allowing a user to interact with the mobi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7515707 | Portable apparatus having two rotatable and foldable units and hinge device used for the same A portable apparatus of the present invention comprises a first unit, a second unit, and a hinge device that is coupled to the first and second units such that the units can be moved to be in contact with or spaced apart from each other and allows relative sliding m... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7492892 | Slide opening/closing type mobile device A slide opening/closing type mobile device includes a body section including a guide section that has a pair of long holes and is configured so that an interval between the pair of long holes becomes smaller at first, as it goes from one ends towards the other ends ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492891 | Mobile electronic device having relocatable display element A mobile electronic device includes a first housing part, a second housing part, and a hinge element connecting the first housing part and the second housing part in a foldable manner; the first housing part, the second housing part and the hinge element together fo... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7443979 | Portable communication terminal having a housing capable of both sliding and swinging A portable communication terminal having a sliding/swinging housing is disclosed. The portable communication terminal includes a body housing; and a sliding/swinging housing which slides lengthwise along the body housing while being closely opposed to the body housi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438486 | Device with an elastic shifting mechanism The present invention discloses a device with an elastic shifting mechanism, which comprises: a body and a movable element, wherein the body has a first snap-fit element, and the movable element has a second snap-fit element, and the movable element is installed to ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434296 | Hinge device and electronic device using hinge device The present invention provides an object a novel hinge device which is extremely valuable as a commercial product and an electronic instrument using the hinge device. A hinge device for pivoting a first member (1) and a second member (2) to be r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437186 | Sliding module for sliding-type portable terminal and sliding-type portable terminal using the same Disclosed is a sliding module for a sliding-type portable terminal having a pair of sliding rail modules adapted to slide the sliding housing of the terminal along a curved path. The sliding module includes a main housing extending along a longitudinal direction, a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428430 | Open and close apparatus of slide type portable terminal An apparatus for opening and closing a slide type portable terminal comprising a guide unit formed between a display unit and a body unit for guiding the display unit to be moved in a longitudinal direction, a driving unit for moving the display unit, and a switchin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419099 | Portable terminal and swing hinge module thereof A portable terminal is disclosed having a first housing; a swing hinge module providing a rotation axis which extends perpendicularly to a top surface of the first housing; and a second housing coupled to the swing hinge module and adapted to be rotated about the ro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7403612 | Slide mechanism To attain a slide mechanism of a portable terminal device which, having a minimal number of parts and keeping the same function as that of a conventional one, enables a substantial production cost reduction, a mechanism relatively slides a first casing and a second ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400913 | Position-holding pivot/slide mechanism for cell phone A base part has a planar inner face, and a cover part is shiftable on the inner face between a closed position overlying and congruent with the base part and an open position exposing at least part of the inner face. A pair of parallel elongated spring elements exte... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395102 | Sliding-type mobile communication terminal A sliding-type mobile communication terminal having a first housing and a second housing adapted to allow the first housing to be opened or closed by means of a sliding movement on the first housing in a longitudinal direction of the first housing. The terminal incl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379763 | Automatic sliding mechanism An automatic sliding mechanism is described. The automatic sliding mechanism includes a rail base, a sliding rod, an actuating device, and a sliding rod recovery device. The sliding rod couples to the sliding base and moves along the sliding base. The actuating devi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372959 | Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be increased or decreased, and to correspondingly enable the viewable area o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369884 | Slide assembly A sliding assembly for a keypad protection cover of a telephone handset including at least one slide spring to urge the keypad protection cover in either the open or the closed position. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369882 | Sliding/swing-type portable apparatus having self-retaining function A sliding/swing-type portable apparatus having a self-retaining function includes a main body; a battery cover coupled to the bottom surface of the main body in a predetermined position so that it can rotate about a first hinge axis toward or away from the main body... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363068 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus including an apparatus body having an angle-adjustment device and a sliding-cover is provided. The sliding-cover selectively covers an internal space of the apparatus body and forms a rotatable connection with the angle-adjustment dev... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353051 | Torque cell A hand held mobile terminal includes at least one torque cell for facilitating a torsionally stiff housing structure. The torque cell includes a plurality of first locking members located around a perimeter of a first housing and a plurality of second locking member... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353050 | Portable digital communication apparatus with reversible dual-axis hinge A portable digital communication apparatus including a first housing extending along a longitudinal direction; a second housing which is shorter than the first housing and which is adapted to be opened away from or closed on the first housing through sliding and rot... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353053 | Non-binding sliding display for a handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device having a slidable display is provided. A display unit is slidably connected to a body unit at two (or more) sliding joints. A mechanical linkage constrains motion at all of the sliding joints to be substantially equal. In this manner, bi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349216 | Modular electronic device A modular electronic device is provided in a tubular form having a male bayonet connector at one end and a female bayonet connector at the other. A power and communications bus interconnects the connectors. An electronic circuit is located within the device in commu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343182 | Automatic sliding mechanism An automatic sliding mechanism is described. The automatic sliding mechanism includes a base, a sliding frame, a rail device, an actuating device, a frame recovery device, and a damping device. The rail device couples the sliding frame to the base, and the sliding f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340238 | Personal communications and cosmetics apparatus A portable personal communications and cosmetics apparatus (1) comprising a base unit (2) having side walls with cavities (17a-f) therein for receiving removable cosmetics products (18a-f) and a mobile phone un... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333840 | Mobile communication terminal An improved mobile communication terminal (100) is obtained, which is easy to operate while protecting the main display (102) when not in use. This is realized in the invention by letting the display body part, i.e. the first body part (101), to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330547 | Dual keypad phone A telephone comprises a first body part with a first keypad and a second keypad located on opposite sides of the first body part, and a second body part having a display. As the first body part is swiveled to bring the second keypad to the front of the phone the pro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330548 | Mobile terminal and sliding module and a method thereof A mobile terminal comprising a main housing, first and second sub-housings, each slidably mounted on an upper surface of the main housing such that the first and second sub-housings can slide towards each other or away from each other to open or close a predetermine... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324642 | Mobile device having a protective user interface cover A mobile device having a protective user interface cover is provided. The mobile device includes a mobile device housing having a top surface. The user interface is preferably mounted within the top surface of the mobile device, and may include a display, a keyboard... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319893 | Sliding mechanism and mobile terminal A mechanism for sliding relatively in the longitudinal direction the first case and the second case in their superposed state in order to provide a sliding mechanism for mobile terminals that can be produced at a low cost wherein the use of a single sliding module i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319892 | Slide mechanism of portable terminal device In a mechanism which relatively slides a first casing and a second casing of a portable terminal device in a state that the casings are laid over each other in a vertical direction, in order to attain a slide mechanism which is simply structured and structured to en... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302127 | Strip to point optical communication system A strip to point optical communication system (200) for transmitting light between a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) of a device is provided. The strip to point optical communication system (200) includes a point optical co... | 11/27/2007 |
