A cellular phone of slide-down opening and closing type
AssigneeLaird Technologies MAP Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang Duck Park
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a slide-down type portable terminal. The terminal includes a main body and a sub-body capable of sliding on the main body. Either one of the main body and the sub body is provided with a first slider groove formed along the sliding direction. The first slider groove has a straight portion and a curved-down portion consecutively formed from the straight portion. The other one of the main body and the sub body is provided with a first slider protrusion slidably engaging the slide groove, such that the sub body drops down while slidably opening with respect to the main body, or vice versa.
Claims39
1-6. (canceled)
A portable terminal comprising:
- a main body;
- a sub-body slideable relative to the main body between a first, closed position and at least a second, opened position;
- at least one of the main body and the sub-body including a first slider groove having a straight portion and a curved-down portion;
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- the other one of the main body and the sub-body including a first slider protrusion slidably engaging the slider groove,
- whereby the sub-body drops downwardly relative to the main body while slidably opening with respect to the main body towards the second, opened position, as the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove in a direction generally away from the straight portion of the first slider groove;
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- whereby the sub-body raises upwardly relative to the main body while slidably closing with respect to the main body towards the first, closed position as the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove in an opposite direction generally towards the straight portion of the first slider groove.
The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- first and second slider plates coupled to the sub-body;
- first and second levers rotatably coupled to the main body;
- the first lever allowing the first slider plate to slide while the first slider protrusion slides along the straight portion of the first slider groove and rotating by down-movement of the first slider plate while the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove;
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- the second lever allowing the second slider plate to slide while the first slider protrusion slides along the straight portion of the first slider groove and rotating by down-movement of the second slider plate while the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove.
A portable terminal comprising:
- a first body;
- a second body slideable relative to the first body between a first, closed position and at least a second, opened position;
- a first slider groove having a straight portion and a curved-down portion;
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- a first slider protrusion slidably engaged with the first slider groove;
- the curved-down portion of the first slider groove configured such that:
- the second body moves generally linearly along and downwardly relative to the first body when the second body is slidably moved towards the second, opened position and the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove;
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- the second body moves generally linearly along and upwardly relative to the first body when the second body is slidably moved towards the first, closed position and the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove.
A slider mechanism for a portable terminal having a first body, a second body slideable relative to the first body between a first, closed position and at least a second, opened position, the slider mechanism comprising:
- a first slider groove having a straight portion and a curved-down portion with a generally concave curvature relative to the straight portion;
- a first slider protrusion slidably engagable with the first slider groove;
- the sliding engagement of the first slider protrusion with the curved-down portion of the first slider groove operable for moving the second body upwardly when the second body is slidably moved relative to the first body towards the first, closed position as the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove, and for moving the first body downwardly when the second body is slidably moved relative to the first body towards the second, open position as the first slider protrusion slides along the curved-down portion of the first slider groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.