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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Choi Bong Doo, Youngtong-gu, KR;
Inventor:
Choi Bong Doo, Youngtong-gu, KR;
Assignee:
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., Warren, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a hinge module for a three-step open type portable terminal and a portable terminal having the same, in which a body of the portable terminal is divided into three body sections and semi-automatically slides. The portable terminal includes a hinge module, which couples the upper body to the intermediate body in such a manner that the upper body is movable in a transverse direction relative to the intermediate body and couples the lower body to the intermediate body in such a manner that the lower body is movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the intermediate body.