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US 2013/0293474 A1Published application
Handheld electronic device having a slidable keyboard
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsAaron Robert Allen, Jason Tyler Griffin, Timothy Herbert Kyowski
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Abstract
A handheld electronic device may include a housing and a display supported by the housing. The handheld electronic device may further include a slider element slidably mounted to housing. The slider element may be configured to move relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A keyboard may be coupled to slider element, and may move between a stowed position behind the display and a fully deployed position.
Claims20
A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display supported by the housing;
- a slider element slidably mounted to the housing, the slider element being configured to move relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position;
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- a keyboard coupled to the slider element, wherein, the keyboard is configured such that, when the slider element is in the closed position, the keyboard is disposed in a stowed position behind the display, and wherein, when the slider element is in the open position, the keyboard is disposed in a fully deployed position and a plane defined by a bottom of the display passes through the keyboard.
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A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display associated with the housing;
- a slider element configured to move relative to the housing;
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- a keyboard linked to the slider element, the keyboard having at least two rows of keys configured to move between a compact arrangement in which a top portion of each of the at least two rows faces in a direction substantially parallel to a plane defined by a bottom surface of the display, and an expanded arrangement in which a top portion of each of the at least two rows faces in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the bottom surface of the display as the slider element moves relative to the housing.
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A handheld electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion;
- a display supported by the front housing portion;
- a battery disposed between the front housing portion and the rear housing portion;
- a printed circuit board (“PCB”) disposed between the front housing portion and the rear housing portion;
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- a keyboard configured to slide relative to the front housing portion and the rear housing portion between a stowed position and a fully deployed position, wherein the keyboard is configured such that, when the keyboard is in the stowed position, the keyboard, the battery, and the PCB are arranged behind the display between the front housing portion and the rear housing portion and a plane defined by a bottom of the PCB passes through the battery and the keyboard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.