Patent ID: 8355764

Claim:
A sliding module for a slide-type portable communication apparatus, the sliding module comprising: a fixed plate engaged with the main body; a moving plate being engaged with the sliding body and sliding along the sliding distance; and a rotatable coupling module provided between the fixed plate and the moving plate and providing a dead point position between the start position and a center position of the sliding distance to slide the moving plate and open the portable communication apparatus, wherein the rotatable coupling module comprising first and second elastic members being engaged with (i) first and second rotation coupling portions of the fixed plate and the moving plate and (ii) first and second sliding rotation portions, respectively, to provide an elastic force for rotating the first and second sliding rotation portions and to slide the moving plate with the elastic force, wherein both ends of the first elastic member are engaged with the first and second rotation coupling portions, and both ends of the second elastic member are engaged with the first and second sliding rotation portions.