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US 7,064,745 B2Granted
Rotary-keypad for a mobile handset
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJoon-Young Kim
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Abstract
A keypad is configured for use with a portable unit having a display unit positioned in a first viewing orientation, such that the keypad's viewing orientation is rotably adjustable in cooperation with the orientation of the display, when the display unit is positioned in a second viewing orientation.
Claims18
A rotating-keypad for a mobile communication terminal having a user interface for manipulating display of a display screen, the rotating-keypad comprising:
- a keypad having a base for mounting the keypad into a recessed bay formed on a surface of a mobile communication terminal, wherein the base is rotatably mounted in the recessed bay;
- a disc-shaped keypad body;
- a rotation shaft approximately perpendicularly connected at an approximate center of a bottom surface of a keypad body;
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- an anchor portion vertically extending from a bottom surface of the keypad body around the rotation shaft, the anchor portion having a smaller diameter than that of the keypad body,
- wherein the anchor portion comprises a stopper formed on a circumferential surface thereof.
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