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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Yoji Inomata, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunobu Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichi Toyoda, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Duluth, GA (US);
Yoji Inomata, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunobu Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichi Toyoda, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Duluth, GA (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A portable telephone to which additional function units, such as a flip unit and a slide unit, that provide additional functions for the main body of a portable telephone, are easily mounted on the case of a basic unit that includes only the essential units required for speech. One or more of an LCD bezel, a flip cover, a keypad bezel, grips, a keypad slide coverand a slide cover, which are additional function units, are mounted on a basic unit. Therefore, this arrangement can cope with a request from a user who desires to alter a portable telephone he or she purchased to obtain a model he or she favors.