Patent ID: 7149558

Claim:
A portable terminal device having, in the upper part, a screen display section and, in the lower part, a key manipulation section having an array of a plurality of keys, comprising: a first outer housing that covers the back side of contents including the screen display section and the key manipulation section; a second outer housing that covers the front side of the contents including the screen display section and the key manipulation section, the first and second outer housings having an outer opening formed at the bottom end thereof; a first inner housing that is disposed in the inner space formed by the first and second outer housings and forms an inner wall of a battery compartment close to the first outer housing, a battery being slided into the battery compartment through the bottom end of the battery compartment; a second inner housing that is disposed in the inner space formed by the first and second outer housings and forms an inner wall of the battery compartment close to the second outer housing, the first and second inner housings having an inner opening for battery insertion/removal formed at the bottom end thereof; and a third outer housing serving as a lid for closing the outer and inner openings in an openable manner, wherein the key manipulation section is disposed on the second inner housing.