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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Seong-won Cha, Gwangju, KR;
In-gon Park, Seoul, KR;
Chang-soo Lee, Incheon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable communication apparatus equipped with up/down keys. The portable communication apparatus includes a main housing, a sliding housing adapted to slide to be opened and closed while continuously facing the main housing, a number of keys arranged in a predetermined position on the top surface of the main housing and adapted to be moved up to be exposed and moved down to be hidden, when the sliding housing is opened and closed, respectively, and an elastic body positioned below the keys to provide a force for moving them up.