Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seon-Hee Shim

Jong-Woo Kim

Sang-Joon Park

Seok-Gyu Lee

Young-Ki Kim

Hong-Moon Chun

Ki-Taek Kim

Jae-Ohul Jin

A sliding-type portable communication device is provided. The sliding-type portable communication device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably engaged with the first housing, face to face, and first and second sliding cover portions at both sides of the first housing, for sliding from both sides of the first housing, while sliding the second housing, thereby widening or narrowing the first housing.

Sliding-type portable communication device

A portable terminal with a pair of housings is provided, in which a guide rib is formed in a first housing for providing a reception groove, a first hinge member is engaged with the first housing for rotating upon a first hinge axis extended along a length direction of the first housing, a second hinge member is formed in a second housing and includes a hinge housing extended along a width direction of the second housing, and an additional device is accommodated in the hinge housing.

Portable terminal with dual hinge axes

A portable terminal is provided, in which a hinge device provides a pair of hinge axes extended in parallel, a pair of folding cases are engaged with the hinge device and rotate upon the hinge axes, respectively, and sliding housings are installed in the respective folding cases. The folding cases rotate in a folding direction or in an unfolding direction via the hinge device, and when the folding cases rotate, the sliding housings slide on the folding cases. When the sliding housings are opened at 180&#xb0; with respect to each other, one end of the sliding housing is in a close relationship with one end of another sliding housing.

Portable terminal

Growing community of inventors

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Seon-Hee Shim