Rotatable module with two input devices for a mobile communication apparatus
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMarcus Söderlund
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Abstract
A portable electronic device (1) comprising a first portion (3, 53) including at least one output device (2) for rendering output data and a second portion (4, 54) comprising at least two input devices (10, 11, 20, 30, 40) for manually inputting data into the portable electronic device. The second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion. The output device is directed in the same direction as a first input device when the second portion is positioned in a first position, and in the same direction as another input device when the second portion is positioned in a second position.
Claims8
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first portion including at least one output device for rendering output data;
- and
- a second portion comprising at least two input devices for manually inputting data into the portable electronic device, wherein the second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion,
- wherein
- a printed circuit board provided in the second portion, and
- a flex portion connected to or formed integral with a portion of the printed circuit board, and connected to the first portion, wherein the flex portion is wound around the portion of the printed circuit board at least when the second portion is rotated relative the first portion from a rest position, whereupon said flex portion forms a return mechanism which returns the second portion to the rest position when the second portion has been rotated and subsequently released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.