Patent ID: 8073508

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a first body; a second body; and a slide module configured to slide the second body over the first body along a sliding direction between the first body and the second body, wherein the slide module comprises: a base mounted on one of the first and second bodies and including at least one rail receiving part comprising a recess or hole; a slider mounted on another of the first and second bodies and including at least one rail part facing the base; and a friction reducing unit formed on at least one of the base and the slider to reduce friction generated when the slider is slidably moved on the base, wherein the friction reducing unit comprises: a friction reducing member having a bar-type shape and extendedly formed in the sliding direction, the friction reducing member having: a rail groove formed on a first side along the sliding direction; and a protrusion protruded from a surface of a second side, wherein the protrusion of the friction reducing member is inserted into the recess or hole of the at least one rail receiving part such that the friction reducing member is insertedly mounted in the at least one rail receiving part and the at least one rail part is slidably inserted into the rail groove of the friction reducing member; and buffer members formed at both end portions of the friction reducing member and configured to be mounted to both end portions of the at least one rail receiving part such that the friction reducing member is stably disposed and not moved in the sliding direction within the at least one rail receiving part, wherein each buffer member has a rail groove formed along the sliding direction such that the at least one rail part is inserted into both the rail groove of the friction reducing member and the rail groove of the buffer member that are aligned in the sliding direction, wherein the protrusion of the friction reducing member is inserted into the recess or hole of the at least one rail receiving part in a direction that is perpendicular to the sliding direction.