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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2003
Arif Maskatia, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Elkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Fruhauf, San Jose, CA (US);
Arif Maskatia, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Elkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Fruhauf, San Jose, CA (US);
ACER Inc., , TW;
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a base module with a housing defining upper and lower sliding grooves at each of two opposite side walls of the housing, and a system module mounted slidably on the base module through a pair of sliding units. Each of the sliding units includes an upper rolling member that is received in the upper sliding groove and that is in rolling contact with a respective one of the side walls, and a lower rolling member that is received in the lower sliding groove and that is in rolling contact with a respective one of the side walls.