JP2001060996A - Opening/closing structure of flip attached to portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an opening/closing structure of a flip attached to a portable telephone set, which is epoch-making since it is very convenient and high in a commercial value. SOLUTION: A flip 3 capable of varying a telephone operating part 4, which is arranged on the surface of a portable telephone main body 1, from a concealed state to an exposed state is provided on the surface of the main body 1 in a slid-movable state. A flip engaging part 5 engaged with the flip 3 at the time of concealing the part 4 by the flip by slide-moving the flip 3 against a energizing body 2 is provided at the main body 1. Further, a disengaging operation part 6 for disengaging this part 5 from the flip 3 is provided at the main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years,
With the penetration rate of portable telephones becoming increasingly remarkable, various types of portable telephones have been proposed to meet the needs of consumers.

[0003] Among them, there is a model provided with a flip for concealing or exposing a telephone operation unit disposed on the surface of a portable telephone main body.

[0004] The flip is a plate-like member which is provided so as to be freely slidable (foldable) at the base end of the surface of the portable telephone main body. In addition, it has the effect of collecting sound during a call, while showing the effect of concealing the telephone operation unit when folded, preventing the telephone operation unit from malfunctioning when, for example, a portable telephone is put in a pocket Can be done.

The present applicant pays attention to the portable telephone provided with the flip, and can open and close the flip very easily, and can inspire consumers to purchase. Invented a flip structure attached to a portable telephone.

[0006]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0007] A flip 3 is provided on the surface of the portable telephone body 1 so as to be slidable so that a telephone operation unit 4 disposed on the surface of the portable telephone body 1 can be changed from a concealed state to an exposed state. A flip locking portion for locking the flip 3 when the flip 3 is slid in the portable telephone body 1 against the urging body 2 so that the telephone operation unit 4 is concealed by the flip 3 5 and
A flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone, wherein an unlocking operation section 6 for releasing the state of the flip locking section 5 being locked to the flip 3 is provided on the portable telephone main body 1. It is related.

Further, when the flip 3 is released from the state in which the flip 3 is locked by operating the lock release operation section 6, the return force of the biasing body 2 causes the telephone to return. 2. A flip opening / closing structure according to claim 1, wherein said operating portion is slid so as to completely expose said operation portion.

A guide groove 7 is provided at the left and right side edges of the front surface of the portable telephone body 1, and a fitting portion 8 which fits into the guide groove 7 is provided at the left and right side edges of the inner surface of the flip 3. The flip (3) according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the flip (3) is configured to be slidable in the direction of the surface of the mobile phone body (1). It relates to an opening and closing structure.

An urging member 2 is provided in the portable telephone body 1.
A rotating body 9 that is rotated by the urging force of
The flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the flip 3 slides due to rotation of the flip phone. .

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention (how to implement the invention) will be briefly described with reference to the drawings, showing the operational effects thereof.

In the present invention, when the unlocking operation section 6 is operated to release the locked state of the flip locking section 5 to the flip 3 in use, the flip 3 is slid by the return biasing force of the biasing body 2. It moves and the telephone operation unit 4 is exposed.

When the flip 3 is slid against the return urging force of the urging body 2 and locked to the flip locking portion 5, the flip 3 stops in a state where the telephone operation portion 4 is concealed. become.

Therefore, simply by operating the unlocking operation unit 6 with one hand holding the portable telephone body 1, the telephone operation unit 4 can be easily and quickly changed from the concealed state to the exposed state. .

Further, in the case of the structure according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the lock release operation portion 6 is operated to release the locked state of the flip locking portion 5 to the flip 3, provisional When the flip 3 is configured to stop with the telephone operation unit 4 being exposed only half, the flip 3 is ultimately held with the hand opposite to the hand holding the portable telephone body 1 until the telephone operation unit 4 is completely exposed. In this regard, according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the unlocking operation portion 6 is operated to release the state of the flip locking portion 5 locked to the flip 3, Since the telephone operating unit 4 is slid to the extent that the telephone operating unit 4 is completely exposed by the return urging force of the urging body 2, for example, the unlocking operation unit 6 is simply operated with one hand holding the portable telephone body 1. Just quickly and reliably The operation unit 4 can be a state of being completely exposed.

In addition, in the case of the configuration according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the flip 3 can be slidably moved in the surface direction of the portable telephone body 1, the flip 3 is surely slidably moved. Thus, the telephone operation unit 4 can be satisfactorily changed from the concealed state to the exposed state, and from the exposed state to the concealed state.

Further, in the case of the structure of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the return biasing force of the biasing body 2 can be transmitted to the flip 3 by a reliable transmission means.
Can slide well.

[0018]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment, FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows a fourth embodiment.
This will be described below.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a portable telephone main body, and reference numeral 4 denotes a telephone operation unit.

The first embodiment will be described.

In the first embodiment, the telephone operation section 4 disposed on the surface of the portable telephone body 1 is slidably movable on the surface of the portable telephone body 1 and can be changed from a concealed state to an exposed state. A flip 3 is provided on the portable telephone main body 1, and the flip 3 is slid against the urging body 2 so that the telephone operation unit 4 is concealed by the flip 3. The portable telephone body 1 is provided with a flip locking portion 5 for locking, and a lock release operation portion 6 for releasing the locked state of the flip locking portion 5 with the flip 3.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, guide grooves 7 are provided on the left and right side edges of the surface of the portable telephone main body 1, and fitting portions fitted into the guide grooves 7 are provided. 8 are provided on the inner left and right side edges of the flip 3 and the portable telephone body 1
The flip 3 is configured to be slidable in the direction of the surface length.

In this embodiment, a slide urging mechanism for urging the flip movement of the flip 3 provided on the surface of the portable telephone body 1 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the slide urging mechanism has a mainspring as an urging body 2 at the base end of the portable telephone body 1 and a gear (pinion) on the side. A rotating body 9 having a rotating body 9 is provided, and the rotating body 9 has one end 2a of the urging body 2 protruding from the surface thereof.
Is attached to the inner surface of the portable telephone body 1 (the other end 2b of the urging body 2 is fixed to a shaft 9a in the rotating body 9), and is rotated against the urging body 2. In this case, the urging member 2 is provided so as to rotate in the direction b in FIG. In the rotary member 9 according to the present embodiment, a spring is used as the urging member 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a spring having the characteristics of the present embodiment such as a helical spring may be used. It can be adopted as appropriate.

A tooth body (rack) 11 meshing with the gear 10 of the rotating body 9 is provided at the center of the inner surface of the flip 3. Therefore, when the flip 3 is slid by the rack and pinion mechanism so that the telephone operation unit 4 is concealed, the flip 3 slides while resisting the urging body 2. When the flip 3 is released in this state, the telephone operation unit 4 is exposed in the direction a in FIG. 4 so that the telephone operation unit 4 is exposed due to the return rotation of the rotating body 9 (return biasing force of the biasing body 2). It is configured to slide.

The portable telephone body 1 has a flip 3
In a state where the telephone operation unit 4 is concealed.
The flip locking portion 5 slides a locking release operation portion 6 provided on a side surface portion of the portable telephone body 1 in the direction a in FIG. Thus, when the flip lock portion 5 is moved in the immersion direction, the locked state to the flip 3 is released, and the flip 3 is completely moved by the telephone operating portion 4. Until the exposed state, the slide body is slid by the return urging force of the urging body 2.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a microphone.

Since the present embodiment is constructed as described above, when the unlocking operation section 6 is operated to release the locked state of the flip locking section 5 to the flip 3 in use, the flip 3 is biased. The telephone operating unit 4 is exposed by sliding in the direction a in FIG. 1 by the return urging force of the body 2.

When the flip 3 is slid against the return biasing force of the biasing body 2 and locked to the flip locking portion 5, the flip 3 stops in a state where the telephone operation portion 4 is concealed. become.

Therefore, by simply operating the unlocking operation unit 6 with one hand holding the portable telephone body 1, the telephone operation unit 4 can be easily and quickly changed from the concealed state to the exposed state. It will be very convenient and will excel at the commercial value that can inspire consumers to purchase.

Further, in this embodiment, when the lock release operation portion 6 is operated to release the lock state of the flip lock portion 5 to the flip 3, the flip 3 temporarily halves the telephone operation portion 4. If it is configured to stop in an exposed state,
Eventually, the flip 3 must be slid with the hand opposite to the hand holding the portable telephone body 1 until the telephone operation unit 4 is completely exposed. In this regard, according to this embodiment, the lock release operation unit When the flip lock portion 5 is unlocked by the flip lock portion 5 by operating the flip lock member 6, the telephone operating portion 4 is slid to the extent that the telephone operating portion 4 is completely exposed by the return biasing force of the biasing body 2. Therefore, for example, simply operating the unlocking operation unit 6 with one hand holding the portable telephone main body 1 allows the telephone operation unit 4 to be quickly and reliably completely exposed.

Also, in this embodiment, the flip 3 can be slidably moved in the surface direction of the portable telephone body 1 due to the sliding movement of the fitting portion 8 with respect to the guide groove 7. The flip 3 slides to move the telephone operation unit 4 from the concealed state to the exposed state, and from the exposed state to the concealed state from the exposed state. Will be able to do it.

In this embodiment, since the flip 3 slides due to the rotation of the rotating body 9 provided in the portable telephone body 1, the return biasing force of the biasing body 2 can be simplified. In addition, since it can be transmitted to the flip 3 by a reliable transmission means, the slide urging mechanism for urging the flip 3 is hard to be broken and can slide the flip 3 satisfactorily.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a slide urging mechanism is used. A string 13 is wound around the side surface of the rotating body 9 and the tip of the string 13 is attached to the tip of the inner surface of the flip 3. It is of a type that is configured to be fixed to a.

Accordingly, when the rotating body 9 is returned and rotated by the urging of the urging body 2, the flip 3 is pulled by the string 13 wound around the rotating rotating body 9 so that the flip 3a in FIG.
Thus, the telephone operation unit 4 can be slid and moved from the concealed state to the exposed state.

The rest is the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.

In the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a slide urging mechanism is mounted on a shaft
Around the shaft 14 (conston manufactured by Strawberry Corporation, the present applicant).
Is disposed at the base end of the portable telephone body 1 and the tip 2a of the band-shaped spring 2 is fixed to the tip of the inner surface of the flip 3.

Accordingly, when the shaft 14 is returned and rotated by the urging of the band-shaped spring 2, the flip 3 is pulled by the band-shaped member 2 wound around the rotating shaft 14 in the direction a in FIG. The telephone operation unit 4 can be changed from the concealed state to the exposed state by sliding.

The rest is the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.

In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, a slide biasing mechanism is provided by attaching one end 2a of a long elastic body (spring) as a biasing body 2 to a tip end in the portable telephone body 1. The long elastic body 2 is attached to the portable telephone body 1
The other end 2b is turned back while being locked on a rotating shaft 15 as a rotating body 9 provided at a base end position in the inside.
Of this type is configured to be fixed to the front end of the inner surface.

Accordingly, when the long elastic body 2 is returned, the flip 3 is slid in the direction a in FIG. It can be changed to a state of being exposed from.

As the long elastic body 2, rubber (hard rubber) or the like can be appropriately used in addition to the illustrated spring.

The rest is the same as in the first embodiment.

[0047]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to simply and quickly operate the unlocking operation unit with one hand holding the portable telephone body to easily and quickly conceal the telephone operation unit. The flip-open / close structure of the flip-type portable telephone, which is extremely high in commercial value and can be aroused by the consumer's appetite for purchasing, is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first aspect of the present invention, the locking state of the flip locking portion with the flip is released by operating the locking release operation portion. In such a case, since the telephone operating unit is slid to the extent that the telephone operating unit is completely exposed by the return urging force of the urging body, for example, the unlocking operation unit is simply operated with one hand holding the portable telephone body. A flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone which is extremely excellent in commercial value and can be brought to a state where the telephone operation unit is completely exposed quickly and surely.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the functions and effects of the first and second aspects of the present invention, the flip can be slidably moved in the surface direction of the portable telephone body. The flip is slid and the phone operation unit is concealed from the concealed state to the exposed state, and the operation unit is changed from the exposed state to the concealed state. It has a flip-open / close structure that is attached to an excellent breakthrough mobile phone.

Further, in the case of the invention as set forth in claim 4, since the return biasing force of the biasing body can be transmitted to the flip by a simple and reliable transmission means, the flip can be slid and moved satisfactorily. The opening and closing structure of the flip attached to an innovative mobile phone that is extremely excellent in commercial value and obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic operation explanatory view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a main part according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic operation explanatory view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic operation explanatory diagram of the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic operation explanatory view of a fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone main body 2 Energizing body 3 Flip 4 Telephone operation part 5 Flip locking part 6 Lock release operation part 7 Guide groove 8 Fitting part 9 Rotating body

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A flip which is slidably movable on a surface of a portable telephone main body so as to change a telephone operation unit disposed on the surface of the portable telephone main body from a concealed state to an exposed state. A flip locking portion is provided on the mobile phone main body, the flip locking portion locking the flip when the flip is slid against the urging member to make the telephone operation portion concealed by the flip. A flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone, wherein an unlocking operation part for releasing a locked state to a flip in the portion is provided on the portable telephone main body. 2. When the flip is locked by the flip lock portion by operating the lock release operation portion, the telephone operating portion is completely reset by the return biasing force of the biasing body. 2. The flip opening / closing structure according to claim 1, wherein the flip opening / closing mechanism is configured to slide so as to be exposed. 3. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein guide grooves are provided at left and right side edges of the front surface of the portable telephone body, and fitting portions for fitting into the guide grooves are provided at inner right and left side edges of the flip. The flip opening / closing structure attached to a portable telephone according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the flip is slidably movable in the surface direction of the main body. 4. The portable telephone body is provided with a rotating body which is rotated by an urging force of an urging body, and the flip is slid by the rotation of the rotating body. Item 4. An opening and closing structure of a flip attached to the portable telephone according to any one of Items 1 to 3.