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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Yun-ho Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-seok Yoon, Anyang-si, KR;
Jong-woo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A portable digital communication apparatus including a first housing having a lateral surface and other lateral surfaces disposed adjacently to it; a second housing having a lateral surface and other lateral surfaces disposed adjacently to it; a hinge unit adapted to connect the first and second housings in such a manner that they can be rotated in a direction approaching or away from each other; and first and second sliding/rotational hinge means positioned between the hinge unit and the first and second housings and adapted to position the hinge unit adjacent and parallel to a lateral surface or other lateral surface, both of which are chosen from the lateral surfaces of the first and second housings, wherein the hinge unit has a first hinge axis which is oriented parallel to the chosen lateral surface or the other chosen lateral surface.