Patent ID: 7711398
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal comprising: a terminal body having a keypad; a display unit having first display screen; and a hinge unit comprising a display unit hinge portion and a terminal body hinge portion, wherein the display unit hinge portion is rotatably coupled to the terminal body hinge portion thereby defining a hinge axis, and wherein the display unit having a major axis and a minor axis is rotatably mounted on the display unit hinge portion, wherein the display unit major axis is rotatable from being perpendicular to the hinge axis to being parallel to the hinge axis, and a second display screen disposed on an outer surface of the display unit and visible through the display unit hinge portion, wherein the terminal body has a major axis and a minor axis and is mounted on the terminal body hinge portion, the terminal body major axis being rotatable from being perpendicular to the axis of rotation to being parallel to the hinge axis, and wherein the terminal body hinge portion comprises: