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Portable terminal device and wireless communication terminal device

Patent 7035665 Issued on April 25, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 21, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 09790235 filed on 02/21/2001

US Classes:

455/550.1, Radiotelephone equipment detail455/575.1, Housing or support455/575.8, Protective cover379/433.13, Rotatable mechanism (e.g., hinge)455/566, Having display710/14, Mode selection345/658By 90 degrees increment

Examiners

Primary: Vuong, Quochien B.
Assistant: Pan, Yuwen

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0 564 092 EP 10/01/1993
  • 0 866 204 EP 09/01/1998
  • 0 898 405 EP 02/01/1999
  • 2 326 051 GB 12/01/1998
  • 4-49746 JP 02/01/1992
  • 6-60036 JP 03/01/1994
  • 11-17579 JP 01/01/1999

International Classes

H04M 1/00
H04M 9/00

Abstract

A portable terminal device of the invention has a first casing that has a first display part and a second casing that has a key operation part. The first casing and the second casing are constructed in such a form as to be rotatable around a hinge portion, which has a second display part. In a state where the terminal device is open, the first display part is visually recognizable by the user, and in a state where the terminal device is closed, the second display part is visually recognizable by the user.

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