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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Young-joong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Won-seok Joo, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Young-Joong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Won-Seok Joo, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable terminal including a terminal body having an earpiece mounting portion, and an earpiece detachably mounted at the earpiece mounting portion. The earpiece includes an earpiece body configured to communicate with the terminal body, and a speaker portion configured to output sound transmitted from the earpiece body, the speaker portion having a controllable length so as to reduce a thickness of the earpiece when the earpiece is detachably mounted at the earpiece mounting portion.