Nec Corporation

Kazuo Ootsuta

Hiroshi Iwanaga

Shinji Ikeuchi

An LCD module is associated with a pair of switches, one of which is depressed by pressing the LCD module to swivel in a seesaw operation. The LCD module has a front panel having a larger thickness than and thus capable of protecting the LC layer and the rear panel against a reasonable external load for pressing the front panel for switching. The LCD module is suited for use in a portable terminal having a smaller space for switches and LCD module.

LCD module and a combination switch using the same

A first and a second unitandwith components mounted thereon in correspondence to respective function blocks, into which portable telephone set functions are grouped, are capable of being slidably moved between a stacked state position and an extended state position. The first unitincludes a first component-mounted part having a displayand a receiver. The second unitincludes a second component-mounted part, which is covered when the stacked state position is brought about and exposed when the extended state position is brought about. The second unithas a notch, in which a first and a second auxiliary unitandare provided. A desired component-mounted part can be exposed and operated by causing selective sliding of the first and second unitsandand the first and second auxiliary unitsand

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Ootsuta