Sliding module for portable terminal

Abstract

Disclosed is a sliding module for a portable terminal including a main housing and at least one sub-housing movably mounted on the main housing to perform an opening/closing motion. The sliding module includes a disc rotatably mounted on the main housing; links each of which has a first end coupled to the disc and a second end coupled to one of the sub-housings; and an elastic means providing the disc with a rotating force, wherein the rotating force rotates the disc such a manner that the other ends of the links can move toward the disc in a first interval and the one ends of the links can move away from the disc in a second interval. The first and second sub-housings of the sliding module can realize semi-automatic opening/closing operation of the terminal.

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