Electronic equipment comprising a retractable screen

• US 20020006813A1
• Filed: 06/26/2001
• Published: 01/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC (FIG LLC (d/b/a Fortress Investment Group LLC))
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Lubowicki, Jean-Pierre, Warner, Gavin
• Granted Patent: US 6,963,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

This electronic equipment comprises a housing which is formed by two housing parts of which one (15) is integral with a retractable screen (10) which may take up a first position called closed position and a second position called open position which permits to see the whole screen. In the closed position one part of the screen remains visible and the other part of the screen is hidden in a second part of the housing (5). This second housing part supports other elements of the equipment, for example, microphone (2), keyboard (1) etc.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising a housing formed by at least two housing parts one of which, called screen part, is integral with a retractable screen which may occupy a first position called closed position and a second position called open position relative to a part called fixed part, characterized in that in the position called closed position, the fixed part partly masks the screen.

2. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said screen part is mounted on projections so as to permit it being displaced.

3. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that “

hard points”

are provided when said screen part is displaced, so that it can occupy stable positions.

4. An electronic device as claimed in one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a guide is provided having recesses which are integral with one of said guiding parts in which can be accommodated during the displacement a spring system which is integral with the other part so as to create said “

hard points”

.

5. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the positions of the screen between two positions are ensured by latches that can be unlocked by a button.

6. An electronic device as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the latches permit to separate the two parts of the housing.