JP2009064174A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate reduction in thickness with a simple structure, and to achieve a highly reliable and safe card handling operation. <P>SOLUTION: A card housing unit 31, having a card slot 19 in a direction perpendicular to an attachment/detachment direction of a battery 29, is disposed in parallel to a first cabinet 10 having a battery housing unit 30. In association with insertion of the battery 29 into the battery housing unit 30, a card locking mechanism 35 restricts removal of a card tray 33 on which a memory card 34 is attached or detached through the card slot 19 of the card housing unit 31. Also, in association with removal operation of the battery 29 from the battery housing unit 31, the card locking mechanism 35 releases the restriction of the removal, so as to enable the memory card 34 to be attached or detached to/from the card tray 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a so-called clamshell type mobile phone or a portable information device that can be folded and unfolded in a rotating manner, for example.

  In a portable terminal, for example, a memory card called a U-SIM card storing information such as contractor information is detachably mounted, and this memory card is interchangeably mounted on a different terminal, thereby allowing a one-line contract. Thus, a terminal system configured to be able to carry around a plurality of terminals according to the purpose of use is known. By the way, in such a portable terminal system, in order to protect the stored information stored in the memory card, the portable terminal of the memory card is used only when the battery is not accommodated in the battery accommodating portion of the portable terminal. It is required to be configured to be able to be inserted into and removed from.

  As such a portable terminal, the card accommodating portion is arranged in a stacked manner under the battery accommodating portion, and the memory card can be attached to and detached from the card accommodating portion only when the battery is not accommodated in the battery accommodating portion. There is something that made it possible.

For example, an internal housing provided with a recess for attaching a battery / card to the external housing is assembled, a card insertion slot is provided in the recess, and the card is inserted from the card insertion slot of the recess. The thing of the structure electrically connected to the connector provided in the circuit board distribute | arranged to the back side of this is proposed (refer patent document 1). In this portable terminal structure, the batteries are housed in the recesses of the internal housing, and the cards are stacked on the back side of the recesses.
JP 2004-126877 A

  However, in the portable terminal structure described above, a concave portion for accommodating a battery having a card insertion slot is provided in the inner casing, and the card is inserted from the card insertion slot of the concave section to the circuit board disposed on the back side of the inner casing. Due to the detachable configuration, there is a problem that the terminal housing becomes thick.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a portable terminal capable of facilitating thinning and simplifying the configuration and realizing a highly reliable card handling operation. For the purpose.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a battery housing portion to which a battery is attached and detached, and a card housing portion having a card entrance for attaching and detaching a memory card in a direction orthogonal to the attaching and detaching direction of the battery. In the terminal casing provided and the wearing state in which the battery is accommodated in the battery accommodating portion, the entry / exit of the memory card from the card entrance / exit of the terminal casing is regulated, and the battery is energized from the battery accommodating portion. In a state where the card is removed, the portable terminal is configured to include a card lock mechanism that releases the restriction and enables the memory card to be attached and detached from the card slot.

  According to the above configuration, the card accommodating portion having the card entrance in the direction orthogonal to the battery attaching / detaching direction is arranged in parallel with the battery accommodating portion, and interlocked with the insertion and attachment of the battery into the battery accommodating portion. The card lock mechanism regulates the removal of the memory card from the card slot in the card compartment, and the card lock mechanism releases the regulation in conjunction with the removal of the battery from the battery compartment. Removal is possible.

  As a result, a highly reliable and safe card handling operation for the card accommodating portion of the memory card is realized, and it is possible to promote the thinning of the terminal housing.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable terminal capable of facilitating thinning with a simple structure and capable of realizing a highly reliable and safe card handling operation. Can do.

  Hereinafter, a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  1 and 2 show a configuration of a cellular phone to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 shows a first and second casings that are rotatably connected as terminal casings. FIG. 2 shows a state where the first and second casings 10 and 11 are folded.

  In other words, the first and second housings are connected via the hinge mechanism 12 so as to be foldable and unfoldable. Among these, the first casing 10 accommodates a telephone body (not shown) including, for example, a control unit, a power supply unit, and the like, and an operation unit 13 and a plurality of clearance keepers 14 are operably assembled on the inner surface side thereof. .

  The operation unit 13 and the clearance keeper 14 are wire-connected to the telephone body (not shown), and display driving (not shown) housed in the telephone body (not shown) and the second casing 11 according to the operation. The operation of the unit is controlled. A call microphone 15 is provided at one end of the inner surface of the first housing 10, and the call microphone 15 is connected to the telephone body (not shown).

  The first casing 10 is provided with a plurality of side keys 16, an earphone jack 17, a terrestrial digital (terrestrial digital broadcasting) rod antenna 18 on one side wall (see FIG. 1), and the other side wall. In addition, a card slot 19, an interface connector 20, and a microphone SD insertion portion 21 are provided (see FIG. 2). And the battery cover 22 is provided in the side wall orthogonal to the side wall provided in the card entrance / exit 19 of this 1st housing | casing 10 so that opening and closing is possible, for example, rotationally.

  In the second casing 11, a main display 23, a receiver 24, and an imaging camera 25 are arranged on the inner surface side, and a sub display 26 is arranged on the outer surface side thereof. The main display 23, the receiver 24, the imaging camera 25, and the sub display 26 are electrically connected to a telephone body (not shown) in the first housing 10.

  In the first housing 10, a battery housing portion 30 shown in FIG. 3 is provided corresponding to the battery lid 22. And in this battery accommodating part 30, the battery 29 (refer FIG. 6) is accommodated in the arrow C and D direction through the said battery cover 22 so that insertion or removal is possible.

  In the first housing 10, a card housing portion 31 is arranged in parallel on the back side of the battery housing portion 30 (see FIG. 4). For example, a tray transfer mechanism 32 is provided in the card storage unit 31. The tray transfer mechanism 32 is provided with a card tray 33 movably in the directions of arrows A and B (directions orthogonal to the directions of arrows C and D, which are battery insertion / removal directions). In this card tray 33, the memory card 34 moved most in the direction of arrow A from the card attachment / detachment position moved in the direction of arrow B where the memory card 34 called USIM card is attached / detached is attached to the telephone body (not shown). It is movably provided between the mounting positions to be mounted.

In addition, a card lock mechanism 35 is provided in the first casing 10 so that the operation of the battery 29 is controlled in accordance with the insertion / removal of the battery 29 into / from the battery housing 30.
The card lock mechanism 35 includes a base member 36, a slider member 37, a fixing member 38, a spring member 39, and a lock member 40 as shown in FIG. Of these, the base member 36 is provided with mounting holes 361 and 361 at both ends thereof, and mounting bosses 101 and 101 projecting from the first housing 10 are inserted into the mounting holes 361 and 361, respectively. Then, it is attached by a technique such as welding, and is mounted and arranged in the first casing 10.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the slider member 37 is assembled in the base member 36 via a fixing member 38 so as to be movable in the directions of arrows C and D. A spring member 39 is engaged between the slider member 37 and the fixing member 38 so as to apply a spring force in the direction of arrow D. As a result, when the urging in the arrow C direction is released, the slider member 37 is urged to move to the intended position in the arrow D direction by the spring member 39.

  A plurality of mounting bosses 371 and 371 are provided on the upper surface of the slider member 37 at predetermined intervals, and these mounting bosses 371 and 371 are inserted into mounting holes 401 and 401 provided in the lock member 40 and welded. It is attached integrally by the method such as. Accordingly, the lock member 40 is integrated with the slider member 37 and is moved in the directions of arrows C and D with respect to the base member 36.

  The lock member 40 is provided with a battery engaging portion 402 at an intermediate portion thereof corresponding to a tip portion of the battery 29 (see FIG. 6), and a card locking portion 403 is provided at one end of the card slot 19 at the tip portion. The card locking portion 403 protrudes from one end portion of the card slot 19 and closes a part of the card slot 19 while being moved in the direction indicated by the arrow C.

  With the above configuration, when the battery 29 is inserted into the battery housing part 30 through the battery lid 22, the lock member 40 constituting the card lock mechanism 35 is brought into contact with the battery engagement part 402 at the tip of the battery 29, When the battery 29 is further inserted in the arrow C direction, the battery 29 is moved in the same direction together with the slider member 37 against the spring force of the spring member 39.

  When the battery 29 reaches the housing position of the battery housing portion 30 and is positioned by a holding mechanism (not shown), the lock member 40 has one end of the card doorway 19 of the first housing 10. The card slot 19 is closed so as to restrict the movement of the card tray 33 in the arrow B direction. Here, the lock member 40 maintains the state in which the battery engaging portion 402 is urged in the direction of the arrow C by the battery 29, thereby keeping the card doorway 19 of the first housing 10 closed. The removal of the memory card 34 from the card tray 33 is prevented.

  When the memory card 34 needs to be removed, first, the holding mechanism (not shown) is released and the battery 29 accommodated in the battery accommodating portion 30 of the first housing 10 is removed. The battery housing part 30 is removed in the direction of arrow D. Then, the lock member 40 is released from the bias of the battery engaging portion 402 in the direction of the arrow C by the battery 29, so that the spring force of the spring member 39 and the slider member 37 together with the slider member 37 are moved toward the base member 36. It is moved and urged in the D direction to return to the initial position. Here, the card locking portion 403 of the lock member 40 is separated from one end of the card slot 19 of the first housing 10, and the restriction of the card tray 33 in the arrow B direction is released.

  In this state, when the card tray 33 is pulled out in the direction of arrow B, it is guided by the tray transfer mechanism 32 and taken out from the card slot 19 of the first housing 10, and the memory card 34 is attached to and detached from the card tray 33. Is done. Then, the card tray 33 with the memory card 34 mounted is mounted on the tray transfer mechanism 32 and transferred in the direction of arrow A by the tray transfer mechanism 32 and transferred to the drive position in the card storage unit 31.

  Subsequently, the battery 29 is inserted into the battery housing portion 30 through the battery lid 22 of the first housing 10. Then, the battery 29 has its tip end in contact with the battery engaging portion 402 of the lock member 40 and pushes the battery engaging portion 402 in the direction of arrow C, so that the lock member 40 of the spring member 39 is The slider member 36 is moved in the same direction against the spring force and accommodated in the mounting position.

  Here, the battery 29 is positioned and held at the mounting position by the holding mechanism (not shown), and the lock member 40 is positioned in the state moved most in the direction of the arrow C. At this time, the lock member 40 is closed so that the card engaging portion 403 protrudes from one end of the card slot 19 of the first housing 10 and the card slot 19 is restricted from being removed. Then, the subsequent removal operation of the card tray 33 is restricted.

  As described above, the portable terminal includes the card housing portion 31 having the card entrance / exit 19 in the direction orthogonal to the attaching / detaching direction of the battery 29 with respect to the first housing 10 in which the battery housing portion 30 is arranged. The card lock mechanism 35 is connected to the battery accommodating portion 30 of the battery 29, and the card lock mechanism 35 is removed from the card slot 19 of the card accommodating portion 31. The card lock mechanism 35 cancels the removal restriction in conjunction with the removal operation of the battery 29 from the battery accommodating portion 31 so that the memory card 34 can be attached to and detached from the card tray 31. Configured.

  According to this, a reliable and safe insertion / removal operation of the memory card 34 with respect to the card accommodating part 31 is realized, and the battery accommodating part 30 and the card accommodating part 31 are arranged side by side, which is easy. In addition, it is possible to promote thinning.

  Further, according to this, the battery housing part 30 and the card housing part 31 are arranged so that the insertion / removal direction of the battery 29 to / from the battery housing part 30 and the moving direction of the card tray 33 to the card housing part 31 are substantially orthogonal. By being arranged, it becomes possible to set the length dimension of the first casing 10 in the juxtaposed direction to a minimum.

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where the first and second casings 10 and 11 are applied to a casing structure that can be folded and unfolded via the hinge mechanism 12 has been described. The configuration is not limited to the above.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the memory card 34 is configured to be attached to and detached from the desired position using the card tray 33 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the memory card 34 is also connected to the card tray 33. The present invention can be applied to a configuration in which the card storage unit 31 is attached to and detached from the card storage unit 31 without using the card.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to a portable terminal including a portable information device, and the same effect can be expected.

  Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention at the stage of implementation. Further, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements.

  For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the effect of the invention can be obtained. In such a case, a configuration in which this configuration requirement is deleted can be extracted as an invention.

It is the perspective view which showed the expansion | deployment state of the mobile telephone to which the portable terminal which concerns on one embodiment of this invention was applied. It is the perspective view shown in the folded state of the 1st and 2nd housing | casing of FIG. It is the perspective view shown in order to demonstrate the arrangement configuration in the 1st housing | casing of FIG. It is the disassembled perspective view shown in order to demonstrate the arrangement configuration of the card lock mechanism of FIG. It is the perspective view which expanded and showed the assembly | attachment state of the card lock mechanism of FIG. It is the top view which showed the card | curd lock mechanism in the state which inserted the battery in the battery accommodating part of FIG. It is the top view which showed the state of the card lock mechanism in the middle of removing the battery from the battery accommodating part of FIG. It is the top view which showed the card lock mechanism in the state which extracted the battery from the battery accommodating part of FIG. 3, and pulled out the card tray to the card attachment / detachment position.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... 1st housing | casing, 101 ... Mounting boss | hub, 11 ... 2nd housing | casing, 12 ... Hinge mechanism, 13 ... Operation unit, 14 ... Clearance keeper, 15 ... Call microphone, 16 ... Side key, 17 ... Earphone jack , 18 ... Terrestrial digital rod antenna, 19 ... Card doorway, 20 ... Interface connector, 21 ... Microphone SD insertion part, 22 ... Battery cover, 23 ... Main display, 24 ... Receiver, 25 ... Imaging camera, 26 ... Sub-display, 29 ... Battery, 30 ... Battery storage part, 31 ... Card storage part, 32 ... Tray transfer mechanism, 33 ... Card tray, 34 ... Memory card, 35 ... Card lock mechanism, 36 ... Base member, 361 ... Mounting hole, 37 ... Slider 371: mounting boss, 38: fixing member, 39 ... spring member, 40 ... locking member, 401 ... mounting hole, 40 ... battery engagement portion, 403 ... card locking portion.

Claims (6)

A terminal provided with a card accommodating part having a card slot for attaching / detaching a memory card in a direction orthogonal to the attaching / detaching direction in which the battery is attached / detached. A housing,
In a wearing state in which the battery is housed in the battery housing portion, the memory card is restricted from entering and exiting from the card doorway of the terminal housing, and the battery is removed from the battery housing portion, A card locking mechanism that allows the memory card to be removed from the card doorway by releasing the regulation;
A portable terminal comprising:   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the battery housing portion and the card housing portion are provided side by side.   3. The memory card according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is provided so as to be movable in a card attaching / detaching direction, is accommodated in a card tray that is regulated and deregulated via the card lock mechanism, and is transferred to an attaching / detaching position. The portable terminal described.   The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an opening / closing lid that allows the memory card to enter and exit is provided at a card doorway of the terminal housing.   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the card lock mechanism is controlled to move to a restriction position and a restriction release position in conjunction with attachment / detachment of the battery from a battery housing portion.   The terminal casing includes a first casing in which an operation section provided with the battery storage section and the card storage section is disposed, and a second casing in which a display section is disposed with respect to the first casing. 6. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the bodies are connected so as to be foldable and unfoldable.

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