Patent ID: 8594749

Claim:
A portable terminal, comprising: a first body; a second body moveable with respect to the first body; and a swivel assembly connecting the second body to the first body, the swivel assembly being configured to allow the second body to rotate in a substantially planar motion with respect to the first body between a closed configuration and an open configuration, the swivel assembly including: a spacing unit displacing the second body from the first body while the second body is rotated with respect to the first body; a base connected to the first body; a shaft passing through the base; a rotation member fixed to the second body, the rotation member being coupled to the base so as to be rotatable around the shaft and movable in a first axial direction of the shaft; and a guide unit to guide rotation of the rotation member, the guide unit including: a rotation slot in the base; and a rotation protrusion at the rotation member, the rotation protrusion configured to rotatably move along the rotation slot, wherein the swivel assembly is located at one of the right side and the left side of the first body based on a longitudinal axis of the first body such that the second body eccentrically rotates with respect to the longitudinal axis, and wherein a rotation axis of the second body is fixed to said one of the right side and the left side of the first body based on the longitudinal axis of the first body such that the rotation axis is prevented from moving with respect to the first body.