Patent ID: 7869840
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A semi-automatic swing device for a swing-type portable terminal having a body housing and a swing housing movably connected to the body housing, the semi automatic swing device comprising: a first member; a second member for semi-automatically performing first and second swing operations along a desired trajectory on the first member, while facing the first member; guide means having a first guide portion formed in the first member and a second guide portion formed in the first member and spaced apart from the first guide portion, for determining a direction of the first and second swing operations, wherein the first and second guide portions includes a first guide opening and a second guide opening, respectively, and wherein the first guide opening is linearly formed and the second guide opening is curvedly formed of a downwardly convex arc; a driving source installed in the first guide portion, for allowing the second member to semi-automatically perform the first and second swing operations; and first and second coupling members mounted on the second member and coupled with the first and second guide portions, respectively, the first and second coupling members moving along the first and second guide members and restricting the first and second members while the first and second members face each other, wherein the body housing of the portable terminal comprises the first member, and the swing housing comprises the second member.