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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Yang-jic Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jong-seong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hun-jong Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Taig-jong Yoo, Gunpo-si, KR;
Yang-Jic Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Seong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hun-Jong Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Taig-Jong Yoo, Gunpo-si, KR;
Abstract
A sliding/swing-type portable digital communication apparatus including a main housing having a speaker unit positioned on its rear surface; key housings, each of which is positioned on a side of the main housing, the key housings being adapted to slide a predetermined distance toward or away from the main housing along a longitudinal direction for exposing or hiding the speaker unit according to whether or not the key housings have slid; and a swing housing adapted to rotate about a hinge axis, which is oriented perpendicular to the sliding direction of the key housings, within a predetermined range of angle while continuously facing an upper surface of the main housing and upper surfaces of the key housings for exposing and hiding predetermined areas of the key housings.