FI117495B - Mobilkommunikator - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates to the field of communication. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mobile station, such as a cellular telephone, PDA device or the like, which has an internal antenna element and is capable of communicating over a public or closed wireless communication network or connection.

10 It is well known that mobile antennas are being dispensed with and that antenna solutions for mobile stations are, and will continue to be, increasingly internal antennas. Every significant terminal or component manufacturer already has its own internal or antenna solutions for internal installation.

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It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and inventive mobile station having an internal antenna solution for communication. According to one aspect of the invention, it is intended to create additional space in the mobile station and thus provide more freedom for the location of the mobile station components * * · ,, 20 and improve usability of the mobile station in the folded position of the first and second portions.

These objectives have been achieved by the mobile communication device of the present invention, such as ··· ** · a mobile phone, PDA, or similar terminal having an internal * · · ·; ***; An antenna element and capable of communicating over a public or closed wireless communication network or connection, the mobile station being two-part foldable, comprising: *: a first part, which may be screen-connected, a second part of which is hinged and pivotable about each other; can be a keyboard,. * ·. and whose antenna element of the mobile station is tracked inside the hinge means such that the electrical signals path from the first part to the second part and vice versa are arranged to pass through the hinge / pivot and / or axle means of the hinging means, e.g. That the mobile station is provided with a hinge means by which the first part and the second part can be rotated / folded 360 °, i.e. and 2,117,495 that the first portion and the second portion of the mobile station lock into one of the intermediate positions of the amaki, wherein in the intermediate position the angle between the first portion and the second portion is between about 100-180 °.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first part and the second part of the mobile station are pivotable by a hinge means in both directions so that in one extreme position the first sides of the first part and the second part are against each other and in the other extreme

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According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the hinge / pivot and / or shaft means of the hinge means is or is overloaded by a loading spring which forces the first part and the second part of the mobile stations apart from each other! locking intermediate position. The loading spring can then be, for example, a prestressed spiral, clock-15 or leaf spring.

The hinge means itself may be, for example, a cavity piece having an antenna element impressed inside. The path of electrical signals in the mobile station can thus pass through the hinge / pivot pin and / or shaft means of the hinge means, whereby the signal conductor or the like.

20 does not need to rotate the first and second parts relative to each other when bending / turning.

The advantages of the mobile station according to the invention may be mentioned as follows. When an internal antenna solution is used in the mobile communication device, the advantage is that, for example, the camera unit may be more freely and optionally positioned in a first part, which may be a display part, to be rotated ···· can be a keyboard part.

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The first part and the second part t. makes it easier to open the mobile with one hand to the communication position where «• A ·.,. ***. the keyboard and screen are displayed.

It should be noted that the present invention is not intended to be limited to such an exemplary embodiment, but many equivalent alternatives and * ... * variations are possible. In general, it is also to be noted that the mobile station may be • · • · «*. *: mobile phone, PDA, etc. with public or closed wireless network 117495 * '3, · Λ A terminal capable of communicating over a wireless connection. Thus, for the sake of simplicity, a mobile station is referred to as a mobile phone.

The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to a preferred embodiment, with reference to the accompanying patent drawing, in which FIG. 1 shows a mobile station MS according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in a bent and lockable intermediate position; 180 °, more preferably about 180 °.

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In the intermediate position of the first part 1 and the second part 2 of the mobile station shown in FIG. 1, the first part and the second part are pivotable in both directions by 180 ° to reach the extreme positions. In one extreme position, the first halves 11,21 of the first portion and the second portion are facing each other, and at the second extreme position the second halves 12, 22 of the first portion 15 and the second portion are facing each other. As shown in FIG. 1 is a display 13 of a mobile station typically on the first side 11 of the first portion 1 and a keyboard of the mobile station is typically located on the first side of a second portion.

Correspondingly, the second face 21 of the first part 1 and the second face 22 of the second part 2 form the rear face of the mobile station. It is known that folding mobile stations have j '.> (20 tracked to increase usability in closed-closed position with auxiliary display and additional keys, and other Hs components, such as camera, * j. ·., Flashlight, etc.

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FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone MS according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in a rotated intermediate position of approximately 180 °, of which the first and second parts 1 and 2 of the mobile phone are pivotable by a 360 ° hinge means 5 from one extreme.

From the j * j position to the other extreme position, a mobile station MS is imaged within the hinge means

• · · · antenna element 6. 360 ° pivoting / folding above hinge device 5

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180 ° with turning / folding in both directions * · · 30 of the lockable intermediate positions with the angle between the first and second portions as above • · * "was described about 180 °. In one extreme position, the first half of the first part 1 is Ilia · · * · The first side 21 of the second part 2 is facing one another and in the second extreme position the second side 12 of the first part 1 and the second side 22 of the second part 2 are facing each other.

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The general object of the invention, i.e. To achieve 360 °, the pivotable / folding connection opn of the first part f1 of the mobile phone and the first end of the associated hinge means 5 is implemented by the first hinge / pivot and / or shaft means or similar means for folding. Such a device may be one or two parts and be located on either side of the hinge means 5 or extend uniformly across the hinge means. The length of such means may also be selected to extend from the hinge means into the first portion, wherein said means is not visible from the side edge of the first portion 1, or across the first portion, wherein said means may appear at the side edge of the first portion.

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In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first part 1 and the second part 2 lock into at least one intermediate position between the extreme positions. Interlocking between the end positions - the intermediate position between the first halves 11,21 of the first portion 1 and the second portion 2 or the second halves 12, 22 of the first portion 1 and the second portion 2, respectively, is selected from n 100-180 °.

The at least one intermediate locking pivotability / folding can be achieved in accordance with the invention, for example, by applying a load spring over or over the hinge / pivot pin and / or axle means which forcibly guides the first 20 and second part 2 of the mobile stations. said intermediate position. The loading spring e may be, for example, a prestressed spiral, clock or leaf spring.

• ♦ • · · • · · • * · ·. ***. The invention has been described above by way of example only, by way of a preferred embodiment of its ··· ··· implementation. Of course, this is not limited to this kind of invention ♦ · · *. ***. For 25 individual implementation examples and many functionally alternative and ··· equivalent variants and solutions are possible with the attached requirement set ♦. *. within the defined scope.

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Claims (3)

1. Mobile telephony (MS), such as, for example, a mobile telephone, PDA apparatus or similar terminal apparatus, which has an internal antenna element (6) and which maintains a communication connection through a public or closed wireless mobile traffic network or a public or closed wireless mobile traffic connection; said mobile telephone apparatus being two-parted and foldable and belonging to one which is pivotable and pivotally rotatable by means of a tapping device (5) and relative to the tapping device (1], in which a display (13) may be located, and a second part (2), in which a keypad [23] may be located, wherein the antenna element of the mobile telephone has been arranged inside the hinge device in such a way that an electrical signal path from the first part to the second part and vice versa, has been arranged to pass through the hinge / articulated pin and / or shaft device, characterized in that the mobile telephony (MS) is equipped with a tapping device [5], by means of which its first part and its second part can be rotated / folded 360 ° relative to each other, i.e. between · outer positions, and that the first part (1) of the mobile telephony (MS) and second part (2] is at least an intermediate position between the outer positions, whereby the angle between the first part and the second part in this intermediate position is about 100-180 °. 20 Mobile telephony apparatus according to claim 1. characterized in that the hinge / articulation member .. [5] of the hinge / link pin and / or shaft device is loaded by a load spring, °> tt * which can also extend over the same and which is forced-controlled. the first part (1] and second part (2) of the mobile telephony from the outer positions to an intermediate position where these are separated from each other, * * * • · • · * * · * Mobile telephone apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the load spring! ! preferably consists of at least one prestressed coil, bell or leaf spring. «· * · 30« · · • · * ··· ···. ' ··· *: ·· * ···· • # * • · r * · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·