Patent ID: 7196692
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G06F,H01H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An input device including: a foldable keyboard including a first keyboard unit, a second keyboard unit, and a rotatable connecting part provided between the first and second keyboard units, so that the first and second keyboard units are rotated to come apart from each other into an unfolded, horizontally arranged state through the connecting part for use of the keyboard, while the first and second keyboard units are rotated to come close to each other into a closed, folded state through the connecting part for nonuse of the keyboard; a housing main body disposed at one side of the first or second keyboard unit and formed with a hole in an upper surface; a flexible display which is windable so as to be housed in a rolled state in the housing main body during nonuse of the display and to be drawn from the housing main body through the hole during use of the display; a first contact terminal formed in the flexible display; and a connector which is electrically connected with the first and second keyboard units and provided with a second contact terminal, the first contact terminal being connected with the second contact terminal of the connector only when the flexible display is drawn out from the housing main body through the hole for use of the flexible display.