Patent ID: 7747298
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A sliding device for a portable terminal including a body housing, a sliding housing sliding on the body housing while facing the body housing, and a sliding device enabling the sliding housing to slide on the body housing, the sliding device comprising: a base member mounted to one of the body housing and the sliding housing, the base member being provided with a pair of sliding movement members; a sliding member mounted to the remaining one of the body housing and the sliding housing, the sliding member being assembled with the base member so as to slide along a length of the base member semi-automatically; a guide member extending from the sliding member and assembled with the sliding movement members to guide the sliding movement of the sliding movement member, the guide member having a guide rail, the sliding movement members being biased to contact the guide rail; and a plurality of multiple step movement members disposed on discrete portions of the guide rails, the multiple step movement members being detachably assembled with the sliding movement members for sliding the sliding member in multiple discrete steps.