Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited

Yasushi Komine

Akira Watanabe

Hisashi Higashigawa

A portable terminal includes a first casing having a first wiring board, a first operation portion, and an accommodating portion opened in its peripheral surface, and a second casing configured to be accommodated in the accommodating portion through the opening and having a second wiring board and a second operation portion. A casing movement guiding/supporting mechanism is interposed between one side portion of the first casing and that of the second casing in one direction intersecting a moving locus of the second casing between a retracted position and an extended position in relation to the accommodating portion, and supports the second casing to be movable linearly between the retracted and extended positions. The second casing is selectively locked at the retracted position by a locking mechanism. A battery for supplying electricity to the wiring boards is accommodated in an accommodating chamber in at least one of the casings.

Portable terminal including first casing and second casing retractably accommodated in first casing

A sliding mechanism includes: a slidable intermediate member having first and second guide holes; a first shaft that is slidably inserted into the first guide hole, the first shaft having first and second end portions; a first spring member that is interposed between the first end portion of the first shaft and the slidable intermediate member to urge the slidable intermediate member toward the second end portion of the first shaft; a second shaft that is slidably inserted into the second guide hole, the second shaft having third and fourth end portions, the third end portion being disposed at a position opposite to the first end portion; and a second spring member that is interposed between the third end portion of the second shaft and the slidable intermediate member to urge the slidable intermediate member toward the fourth end portion of the second shaft.

Sliding mechanism for portable electronic device

A portable terminal, which has an antenna disposed within a housing accommodating a circuit board, capable of securing a clearance between the antenna and parts of the circuit board, etc. within the housing without increasing the size of the housing, whereby the antenna performance can be prevented from degrading when transmitting or receiving, in which the antenna is insert-molded integrally with the housing accommodating the circuit board within it.

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Hino, Japan

Yasushi Komine