CN1189756A - Tri-fold cellular telephone - Google Patents
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A tri-fold cellular telephone includes a top housing portion , a center housing portion , and a bottom housing portion . Top housing portion is rotatably coupled to center housing portion via a first hinge . Bottom housing portion is rotatably coupled to center housing portion via a second hinge . Center housing portion includes a display , a microphone opening with microphone positioned therebehind, and one or more retaining slots for attaching the auxiliary battery . Bottom housing portion includes a keypad that allows the user to power on and off the portable device and initiate calls by inputting and sending digits of telephone numbers. Top housing portion includes a recess for main battery and a speaker bezel having openings with a speaker positioned therebehind.
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The present invention is broadly directed to radio telephone, more specifically relates to the improved tri-fold cellular telephone that uses in cell phone system.
Portable cellular phone is in light weight and little increased popularity of volume because of it.For smooth use, cell phone is as much as possible for a short time to be important.Use is as at U.S. Des.325, and No. 028, Des.359, No. 734 and Des.369,598 extras see illustrated cellular folding keypad lid in the design patent, and how much size is lowered.Although it is less that the cell phone of these prior aries has become, keep identical total length to be still necessary substantially to keep suitable distance from the user ear to the mouth.
The purpose of this invention is to provide improved tri-fold cellular telephone, it is littler than the cell phone of prior art, keeps the suitable distance from the user ear to the mouth simultaneously.
The invention provides a kind of radio telephone, comprising:
First housing parts;
Second housing parts has first hinge and second hinge, described first hinge described first housing parts that is used to be coupled, and described second housing parts comprises that further display is used to show predetermined information;
The 3rd housing parts has predetermined thickness and described second hinge that is coupled to described second housing parts; With
Described first hinge of described second housing parts deviates from described second hinge with the predetermined thickness that is at least described the 3rd housing parts, described the 3rd housing parts rotates around described second hinge, to be folded on the described display, rotate around described first hinge with described first housing parts, to be folded on described the 3rd housing parts.
Advantage of the present invention is: volume is little, and makes things convenient for the user to carry out the high-quality conversation.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view of implementing the present invention and being shown in the tri-fold cellular telephone of open position;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that is shown in Fig. 1 tri-fold cellular telephone of make position;
Fig. 3 is the front view of the tri-fold cellular telephone of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is the right side view of the tri-fold cellular telephone of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is to use the schematic block diagram of the radio-frequency (RF) communication system of Fig. 1 portable unit, and portable unit has discharge and charging circuit;
Fig. 6 is the end view of another embodiment of enforcement the present invention and the tri-fold cellular telephone that is shown in off-position;
Fig. 7 is the end view that is shown in Fig. 6 tri-fold cellular telephone of open position;
Fig. 8 is the profile of Fig. 7 tri-fold cellular telephone 8-8 along the line; With
Fig. 9 is the profile of Fig. 7 tri-fold cellular telephone 9-9 along the line.
In Fig. 1,2,3 and 4, illustrate, in and the tri-fold cellular telephone 100 of drain pan part 101,102 and 103, it can be by main and/or boosting battery 104,108 power supplies in running status.Tri-fold cellular telephone 100 is preferably portable handset, and it is small enough to be installed in shirt pocket or is contained on the belt or clothes that hangs over the user in the clip.In Fig. 6 and 7, illustrate, in and another embodiment of the tri-fold cellular telephone 200 of drain pan part 201,202 and 203, it further comprises the retractable aerial 209 that is shown in Fig. 6 punctured position and Fig. 7 extended position.In another embodiment, phone 100 and 200 can be cordless telephone or many-pattern phone.In addition, the invention is not restricted to three folded structures, and be to be intended to comprise four folded structures and more structural.In the embodiment of another four folded structure, shell that other adds part can be connected the upper casing part 101 of Fig. 1 and the hinge by around here and be rotated counterclockwise to close and cover on upper casing part 101.
Fig. 1 illustrates the tri-fold cellular telephone 100 of band main battery 104.Tri-fold cellular telephone 100 comprises first or upper casing part 101, second or mesochite part 102 and the 3rd or drain pan part 103.By first hinge 115, upper casing part 101 rotatably is coupled to mesochite part 102.By second hinge 116, drain pan part 103 rotatably is coupled to mesochite part 102.Though upper casing part 101 is illustrated as turning clockwise and closes, in other embodiments, it can be rotated counterclockwise.From 102 skews of mesochite part, upper casing is partially folded and cover on the lower casing part 203 of closure like this with the roughly thickness of lower casing part 203 for hinge 115.
Mesochite part 102 comprises that control circuit (see figure 5), display 105, microphone aperture and one or more maintenance groove are used to install additional boosting battery 108 (referring to Fig. 4).According to characteristic of the present invention, display 105 is placed in the recess on mesochite part 102 surfaces.The antenna (see figure 5) can be in mesochite part 102 or from wherein stretching out shown in Fig. 6 and 7.The microphone (not shown) is positioned in after the microphone aperture of mesochite part 102.Display 105 provides visual information to comprise to the user, for example, and telephone number, received signal intensity, incoming call person's name and telephone number and stay main battery 104 or the current electric quantity of boosting battery 108.
Fig. 2 is illustrated in the tri-fold cellular telephone 100 of off-position.Main battery is inserted 104 and is gone in upper casing part 101 respective slot.Below the flange 218 by being inserted into upper casing part 101 surfaces and rotate main battery 104 and enter in the groove, main battery 104 is retrofitted to tri-fold cellular telephone 100.Main battery 104 is rotated up to its kayser parts and the engagement of the corresponding component in the groove.Leave corresponding component in the groove by pressing the kayser parts, and upwards and to inner rotary main battery 104 dismantle main battery 104.The corresponding recesses of main battery 104 and upper casing part 101 is described in detail in the Barkat by Shakil H., Matthew D.Mottier and Richard Ng invention, in application on October 31 nineteen ninety-five, the U.S. the 08/558th of the common well afoot of common assignee, No. 586 patent applications, title for the apparatus and method of a plurality of battery arrangements that charge " be used to discharge and " (" Apparatus and Method for Discharging and Charging aMultiple Battery Arrangement ") and this in conjunction with integral body by reference.
Fig. 5 is the schematic block diagram of cell phone system 300, and wherein cellular basestation 301 and tri-fold cellular telephone 100 are by 302 communications of radio frequency (RF) signal.Tri-fold cellular telephone 100 comprises antenna 303, receiver 304, transmitter 305, controller 306 and user interface 308, and user interface 308 comprises loud speaker (not shown), Fig. 1 display 105, microphone (not shown) and Fig. 1 keypad 107.Controller 306 can for, for example, the 68HC11 microprocessor that Motorola Inc. provides.The integrated circuit of tri-fold cellular telephone 100 can be attached to and be shown in and be described in the U.S. the 5th, 301, No. 420 patents (this in conjunction with whole by with reference to) the wiring board of the sort of light weight on, reduce the thickness of wiring board by the method for direct chip attach or spherical grid arrangement technology.
Tri-fold cellular telephone 100 is by boosting battery 104,108 power supplies and the operation in the following manner of detachably advocating peace.Antenna 303 is converted to RF signal 302 electric RF received signal and electric RF received signal is coupled to receiver 304.Receiver 304 is transformed into then coupling by the data reception signal of controller 306 with electric RF received signal, and outputs to user as the sound equipment voice with by display 128 as operation information by loud speaker.User's voice and data input are coupled to transmitter 305 by microphone and keypad 130 as the data transmission signal respectively.Transmitter 305 becomes electric RF to transmit the data transmission conversion of signals, is launched by antenna 303 conversions with as RF signal 302.
By opening and closing upper casing part 101, or open and close lower casing part 103 respectively, the generation of tri-fold cellular telephone 100/reply with termination telephone and call out and to be done.Controller 306 detects the opening and closing of upper casing part 101 and lower casing part 103 and produces/reply the calling that is generated/receives or terminate in the calling of carrying out.According to be shown in and be described in common assignee this in conjunction with integral body by the 4th, 845, No. 772 patents of the U.S. of reference, controller 306 can be implemented.
Tri-fold cellular telephone 100 comprises discharge and charging circuit 310, memory 312 and coupler 314.Discharge and charging circuit 310 boosting battery 104,108 of advocating peace that selectively discharges are to supply continual power supply to portable unit 100.Under the program control of being carried out by controller 306, discharge and charging circuit 310 also selectively charge and give the boosting battery 104,108 of advocating peace.Program is stored in memory 312.Memory 312 is preferably read-only memory (ROM), but can be erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), random access memory (RAM) (RAM) or other memory that is fit to.Though memory 312 is illustrated as being independent of controller 306, should be realized that memory 312 can be in controller 306 and/or controller 306 can comprise other memory outside the memory 312.Coupler 314 permission users are installed the external power source (not shown) additional at this and are used for power supply, to handle tri-fold cellular telephone 100 (with saving battery charge) or charging to advocating peace boosting battery 104,108.The operation of discharge and charging circuit 310 and Circuits System are described in detail in the 08/558th, No. 586 patent application of mentioning before of applying for October 31 nineteen ninety-five of the U.S. that coexists and carry out of common assignee.
In Fig. 6 and 7, the end view of the tri-fold cellular telephone 200 of implementing another embodiment of the present invention is shown, and off-position is shown and at the open position of Fig. 7 at Fig. 6.Tri-fold cellular telephone 200 comprises main battery 204, stretch out a little on the surface of upper casing part 201, and for bigger and therefore more the high-capacity battery core space is provided.Tri-fold cellular telephone 200 also comprises retractable aerial 209, is shown in the punctured position of Fig. 6 and the extended position of Fig. 7.Boosting battery 208 is shown in Fig. 7 and is installed at mesochite part 202.Mesochite part 202 comprises that one or more maintenance grooves are used to install additional boosting battery 108.
Fig. 8 illustrates Fig. 7 tri-fold cellular telephone 200 along the profile that passes the line 8-8 of hinge 216.Hinge 216 is loaded with line 221 between mesochite part 202 and lower casing part 203.The part of line 221 enters hole 223 another part by hole 224 and line 221 and enters hole 223 and reach lower casing part 203 by hole 225 herein, is used to interconnect the controller of mesochite part 202 and the keypad of lower casing part 203.The other method that mesochite part 202 and lower casing part 203 and/or upper casing part 201 is electrically connected mutually be shown in and be described in this in conjunction with integral body by the U.S. the 5th of the common assignee of reference, 170, No. 173 patents, with this in conjunction with integral body by coexisting of reference carry out in the U.S. the 08/437th of May 9 nineteen ninety-five application, No. 344, in the patent application of " determining the method and apparatus of conductor line by hinge " (" Method and Apparatus forRouting Conductors Through a Hinge ") by name.
Fig. 9 illustrates the profile of Fig. 7 tri-fold cellular telephone 9-9 along the line, and hinge 216 upper-parts 901 and lower member 902 only are shown.Upper-part 901 comprises clip 905 and 906, and they lock 907 and 908 couplings with the rotating shaft of lower member 902 respectively.In the assembling process of hinge 216, line 221 is placed in hole 223,224 and 225, and upper-part 221 is bitten lower member 902.
In a word, the tri-fold cellular telephone that has the uniqueness of dismountable boosting battery of advocating peace is amounted to together, the display upper and lower parts protection of being amounted to like this.Because on the part, tri-fold cellular telephone can be small enough to put in user's the underwear pocket or the clip on user's belt or the clothes during upper and lower part was folded in.
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1. radio telephone comprises:
First housing parts;
Second housing parts has first hinge and second hinge, described first hinge described first housing parts that is used to be coupled, and described second housing parts comprises that further display is used to show predetermined information;
The 3rd housing parts has predetermined thickness and described second hinge that is coupled to described second housing parts; With
Described first hinge of described second housing parts deviates from described second hinge with the predetermined thickness that is at least described the 3rd housing parts, described the 3rd housing parts rotates around described second hinge, to be folded on the described display, rotate around described first hinge with described first housing parts, to be folded on described the 3rd housing parts.
2. radio telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein said the 3rd housing parts comprise that further keypad is with input information and the described radio telephone of control.
3. radio telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second housing parts comprise that controller and described second hinge comprise the hole, are used for line group and described keypad and described controller and are connected to each other.
4. radio telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first housing parts comprise that the space keeps battery to produce predetermined output voltage.
5. radio telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second hinge comprises upper-part and lower member, described upper-part comprises that at least one clip and described lower member comprise at least one rotating shaft that places described at least one clip opposite lock, in assembling process, described at least one clip of described upper-part is stung in described at least one the rotating shaft lock of described lower member.
6. radio telephone as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the antenna that is coupled to described second housing parts.
7. radio telephone as claimed in claim 6, wherein said antenna is a telescopic antenna, and punctured position and extended position are arranged.
8. radio telephone is used for producing and the termination telephone calling, comprising:
First housing parts;
Second housing parts has first hinge and second hinge, described first hinge described first housing parts that is used to be coupled, and described second housing parts comprises that further display is used to show predetermined information;
The 3rd housing parts has predetermined thickness and described second hinge that is coupled to described second housing parts;
Described first hinge of described second housing parts deviates from described second hinge with the predetermined thickness that is at least described the 3rd housing parts, described the 3rd housing parts around the rotation of described second hinge to be folded on the described display and a described and housing parts rotates to be folded on described the 3rd housing parts around described first hinge; With
When controller is used for detecting that described first housing parts is opened or closed and when described the 3rd housing parts is opened or closed, to generate respectively and the termination telephone calling.
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