Sliding assembly for portable handset
AssigneeAmphenol-T&M Antennas
InventorTony N. Kfoury
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Abstract
A self-contained sliding assembly for use with a sliding handset of the type having a keyboard part and a display part that are configured to slidably engage one another into fully open and fully closed positions, where the sliding assembly includes at least one elongated guide rail, a housing configured to engage the at least one guide rail and to move slidably along a length thereof, and a biasing assembly for biasing relative sliding movement of the guide rail and the housing, where the biasing assembly is configured to include open and closed stop positions and a maximum load position at a predetermined point between the open and closed stop positions.
Claims21
A self-contained sliding assembly for use with a sliding handset of the type having a keyboard part and a display part that are configured to slidably engage one another into fully open and fully closed positions, said assembly comprising:
- at least one elongated guide rail;
- a housing configured to engage said at least one guide rail and to move slidably along a length thereof;
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- a biasing assembly for biasing relative sliding movement of said guide rail and said housing, said biasing assembly configured to include open and closed stop positions and a maximum load position at a predetermined point between said open and closed stop positions.
A self-contained sliding assembly for use with a sliding handset of the type having a keyboard part and a display part that are configured to slidably engage one another into fully open and fully closed positions, said assembly comprising:
- guide means having a top end and a bottom end and being configured to provide a generally linear sliding path;
- housing means configured to engage said guiding means and slide along at least a partial length thereof;
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- biasing means having a maximum load point for alternatively biasing said housing means toward said top end and said bottom end of said guide means.
A self-contained sliding assembly for use with a sliding handset of the type having a keyboard part and a display part that are configured to slidably engage one another into fully open and fully closed positions, said assembly comprising:
- first and second guide rails having a generally planar joint disposed therebetween;
- a housing correspondingly configured to slidably engage said first and second guide rails and said joint, said housing having a generally horizontal elongated slot disposed through a surface of said housing that is configured to be parallel to said joint;
- at least one U-shaped spring having first and second ends, said second end being coupled to said joint;
- a linking arm having upper and lower ends, said upper end coupled to said elongated slot of said housing and said lower end coupled to said joint, and said linking arm being configured to be coupled to said first end of said at least one U-shaped spring at a point intermediate said upper and lower ends of said linking arm;
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- wherein a length of said elongated slot defines a range of relative sliding movement between said guide rails and said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.