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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2009
Sung-han Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Han Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A portable terminal includes a first body, a second body, and a slide module slidably coupling the first body and the second body, the first body and the second body sliding with respect to each other via the slide module, wherein the slide module includes a first slide member, a second slide member configured to slide with respect to the first slide member between a first position and a second position, and a fixation unit configured to position the first slide member and the second slide member stably at one of the first and second positions, wherein the fixation unit is further configured to allow only a sliding movement between the first and the second positions in a vertical direction, inhibiting relative movement of the first and second slide members in directions other than the vertical direction.