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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Isao Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile terminal apparatus includes a first cabinet; a second cabinet; a slide holding mechanism for holding a first cabinet and a second cabinet slidable during a shift from an closed state to an open state; a keyboard held within the second cabinet, the keyboard being disposed movable in slide directions of the first cabinet and the second cabinet; a hook disposed at a retraction side end; a keyboard lock member including a projection and a notch engaged with the hook; and a sliding groove that is disposed in the first cabinet in the slide direction of the first cabinet to slide the projection. The keyboard is held within the second cabinet when the first cabinet and the second cabinet are placed in the closed state or the keyboard ejects from the second cabinet when the first cabinet and the second cabinet are placed in the open state.