Slide device and slide assembly
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorMikko Antti-Pekka Laaksonen
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Abstract
A slide device with two housing parts that can be slid relatively to one another comprises a slide assembly. The slide assembly comprises a sheet or plate material slider and a sheet or plate material base. The slider has displaced portions and the base is provided with slots. The slider is received through the slots with the displaced portions. This construction provides for a substantially reduced building height of the slide assembly and thereby for a substantially reduced building height of a device in which the slide assembly is used.
Claims14
A slide assembly comprising a base and a slider slidably engaged with the base via a first rail on a first edge of the base and a second rail on a second edge of the base,
- a first sliding strip coupled to the first rail and positioned between the first rail and the slider,
- a second sliding strip coupled to the base and positioned between the base and the slider,
- a third sliding strip coupled to the second rail and positioned between the second rail and the slider, and
- a fourth sliding strip coupled to the base and positioned between the base and the slider,
- the base providing guidance to the slider along a slide path,
- the slider having a first slider guide surface on a first side facing a first direction, a second slider guide surface on a second side facing a second direction, a third slider guide surface on the first side facing the first direction, and a fourth slider guide surface on the second side facing the second direction, the first direction being substantially opposite to the second direction,
- the first rail having a first rail guide surface facing the second direction that interacts with the first slider guide surface through the first sliding strip,
- the base having a second base guide surface facing the first direction that interacts with the second slider guide surface through the second sliding strip,
- the second rail having a second rail guide surface facing the second direction that interacts with the third slider guide surface through the third sliding strip,
- the base having a fourth base guide surface facing the first direction that interacts with the fourth slider guide surface through the fourth sliding strip, and
- a portion of the first slider guide surface being displaced relative to a portion of the second slider guide surface and a portion of the third slider guide surface being displaced relative to a portion of the fourth slider guide surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.