Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jung-Hyeok Im

Chang-Hwan Hwang

Min-Hyouk Lee

Yun-Su Kim

Hye-jeong Lee

Jung-Min Yeo

Sang-min Hyun

Min-Ah Koh

Jong-Yun Jeoung

In-Gon Park

Suk-woo Lee

Chang-Soo Lee

Beom-Ku Han

Ji-Young Lee

Seung-Min Park

Sung-Kwon Kim

Sang-sung Woo

Ji-Hye Youn

Sang-Min Hyun

In-Gon Pak

Seok-Jin Kim

Mobile phone

Cellular phone

A sliding-type portable communication apparatus includes a body housing; a sliding housing sliding on an upper surface of the body housing while being in contact with the body housing; first and second angled housings, each of the first angled housings extending from one corner of one side of the body housing in an inclined direction gradually going far from a lower surface of the sliding housing, each of the second angled housing having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being in contact with the first angled housing while extending in the inclined direction, and the second surface being opposite to the first surface and in contact with the sliding housing; a pair of connecting arms, each of which extends from an end of one of the second angled housings in the inclined direction; and a rotatable lens housing disposed between the connecting arms and having a camera lens, the camera lens being oriented in a direction passing through the lower surface of the sliding housing when the sliding housing has not been moved a predetermined distance, and the camera lens being oriented in a direction passing through the upper surface of the body housing when the sliding housing has been moved.

Sliding-type portable digital communication apparatus

Portable phone for an earpiece

A portable digital communication apparatus including a first housing extending along a longitudinal direction; a second housing which is shorter than the first housing and which is adapted to be opened away from or closed on the first housing through sliding and rotation motions; and a dual-axis hinge device connecting the first and second housings to allow them to be rotated about a first hinge axis, which is provided in the first housing, and a second hinge axis, which is provided in the second housing and which is parallel to the first hinge axis, respectively, the dual-axis hinge device being adapted to be rotated to allow the upper and lower surfaces thereof can be reversed according to the sliding motion of the second housing.

Portable digital communication apparatus with reversible dual-axis hinge

Growing community of inventors

Seongnam-si, South Korea

Jung-Hyeok Im