US 8,046,034 B2Granted

Sliding-type portable terminal

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsMoon-Young Cha, Bum-Lai Cho, Sang-Woon Nahm, Ryun-Tae Kim

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Abstract

Disclosed is a sliding-type portable terminal including a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing so as to slide while facing the first housing; and a sliding module for slidably coupling the first and second housings to each other. The sliding module includes a sliding guide mounted on the first housing, the sliding guide having at least one slit extending in a longitudinal direction; a sliding plate mounted on the second housing, the sliding plate being slidably coupled to the sliding guide and facing the sliding guide; and a hook extending from the sliding plate so as to slide in the slit, the hook extending into the first housing via the slit, an end of the hook being bent so as to face an inner surface of the sliding guide.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A sliding-type portable terminal comprising:

a first housing;
a second housing coupled to the first housing so the second housing slides while facing the first housing;
and
a sliding module for slidably coupling the first and second housings to each other, wherein the sliding module comprises:
a sliding guide mounted on the first housing, the sliding guide having a plurality of slits extending parallel to each other and in a longitudinal direction of the sliding guide;
a sliding plate mounted on the second housing, the sliding plate being coupled to the sliding guide so the sliding plate slides while facing the sliding guide;
and
a plurality of hooks extending from the sliding plate so as each of the hooks slides in one of the slits, each of the hooks extending into the first housing via one of the slits, a free end of each of the hooks being bent so as the free end faces an inner surface of the sliding guide.

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