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An electronic device includes a movable unit having a top surface; a main body in which the movable unit is stowed and from which the movable unit is deployed by sliding the movable unit, the main body having a first surface opposed to the top surface when the movable unit is in a stowed state and i

An electronic device includes a movable unit having a top surface; a main body in which the movable unit is stowed and from which the movable unit is deployed by sliding the movable unit, the main body having a first surface opposed to the top surface when the movable unit is in a stowed state and in a deployed state; and a changing mechanism which changes a distance between the top surface and the first surface during a sliding operation of the movable unit so that the top surface and the first surface during the sliding operation are separated from each other by a distance greater than a distance between the top surface and the first surface in the stowed state and the deployed state of the movable unit.

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What is claimed is: 1. An electronic device comprising: a movable unit having a top surface, the top surface including a plurality of buttons configured to receive input from a user; a main body in which the movable unit is stowed and from which the movable unit is deployed by sliding the movable u

What is claimed is: 1. An electronic device comprising: a movable unit having a top surface, the top surface including a plurality of buttons configured to receive input from a user; a main body in which the movable unit is stowed and from which the movable unit is deployed by sliding the movable unit, the main body having a first surface opposed to the top surface when the movable unit is in a stowed state and in a deployed state; and a changing mechanism which changes a vertical distance between the top surface and the first surface during a sliding operation of the movable unit so that the top surface and the first surface during the sliding operation are separated from each other by a distance greater than a distance between the top surface and the first surface in the stowed state, said distance substantially perpendicular to said sliding, the changing mechanism including a first protrusion and a first guiding groove engaged with the first protrusion so as to guide the first protrusion, the first guiding groove being horizontal in a central portion and being sloped up along both first and second outermost end; and wherein the movable unit includes a side surface, wherein the main body includes a second surface facing the side surface, and wherein the first protrusion is provided on the side surface of the movable unit, and the first guiding groove is provided in the second surface; and wherein the changing mechanism further includes a second protrusion provided on the second surface, and a second guiding groove provided in the side surface and engaged with the second protrusion so as to guide the second protrusion, the second guiding groove being horizontal in a central portion and being sloped down along both first and second outermost end portions thereof. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the top surface and the first surface are in contact with each other when the movable unit is in the stowed state and in the deployed state. 3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first guiding groove is curved from the first end portion to the second end portion. 4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the main body further includes a first electric circuit, wherein the movable unit further includes a second electric circuit exchanging an electrical signal with the first electric circuit, and wherein the electronic device further comprises a conducting mechanism which slides in synchronization with the movable unit and electrically connects the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit on a constant basis in order to ground the first and second electric circuits. 5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the conducting mechanism includes a conducting member and an electrically conductive resilient member disposed between the conducting member and one of the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit, the resilient member pulling the main body and the movable unit towards each other. 6. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the movable unit includes a second side surface, wherein the main body includes a third surface facing the second side surface, and wherein the changing mechanism includes a third protrusion provided on the second side surface of the movable unit, and a third guiding groove provided in the third surface and engaged with the third protrusion so as to guide the third protrusion, the third guiding groove being sloped in an up direction in at least first and second outermost end portions thereof. 7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the changing mechanism further includes a fourth protrusion provided on the third surface, and a fourth guiding groove provided in the second side surface and engaged with the fourth protrusion so as to guide the fourth protrusion, the fourth guiding groove being sloped in the down direction in at least opposite outermost end portions thereof. 8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second protrusion provided on the second surface does not contact one of the end portions of the second guiding groove provided in the side surface when the movable unit is stowed so as to leave a clearance between the second protrusion and one of the end portions of the second guiding groove. 9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first guiding groove is sloped in an up direction in at least the first and second outermost end portions thereof such that the top surface and the first surface are separated from each other by a first distance in the stowed state, the top surface and the first surface are separated from each other by a second distance during the sliding operation, and the top surface and the first surface are separated from each other by the first distance in the deployed state. 10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first protrusion is separated from one of the outermost end portions of the first guiding groove by a clearance distance when the top surface contacts the first surface in the stowed state.