KR100681548B1 - Slide-type mobile communication terminal comprising a flip - Google Patents

Abstract

A slide-type mobile communication terminal having a flip is provided to enable a power transmission unit to slide a display unit according to the opening/closing of the flip, thereby providing convenience to a user by simultaneously sliding the display unit if the user opens the flip. A slide-type mobile communication terminal comprises the followings: a body unit(10) having a main board and a transmitting unit(14); a display unit(20) positioned at the front of the body unit(10) and has a receiving unit(14) and a display screen(22), and connected to the body unit(10). The slide-type mobile communication terminal comprises the followings: a flip(30) having a keypad(34) formed in its inside which is rotatably hinge-combined with the end part of the lower end of a body part(10) to protect the keypad(34) in a closed state and collect the voice of a user in an opened state; and a power transmission unit which makes the display unit(20) slide according to the opening/closing of the flip(30).

Description

SLID-TYPE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL COMPRISING A FLIP}

1A and 1B show a conventional flip type mobile communication terminal;

2A and 2B show a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal;

3A and 3B are diagrams showing a flipped state in a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention;

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a flip open state in a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention;

5 illustrates another embodiment of a slide-type mobile communication terminal with a flip according to the present invention; And,

6A and 6B are perspective views illustrating an operating state of a slide type mobile communication terminal with a flip according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: main body 12: keypad

14 transmission unit 16 display unit fixing means

20: display unit 22: display screen

24: receiver 30: flip

40: power transmission means 41: rack gear

42: pinion gear 45: rotation detection means

50: slide hinge module 52: slide groove

54: slide rail

The present invention relates to a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip. More specifically, the present invention relates to a slide-type mobile communication terminal having a flip which can reduce the size of the main body of the mobile communication terminal and which can simultaneously move the display unit when the user opens the flip.

With the development of the mobile communication industry, portable mobile communication terminals (hereinafter, referred to as mobile communication terminals) have become popular. With the development of the mobile communication terminal market, the function of the mobile communication terminal itself is also improving. In particular, in recent years, not only the functional aspect of the mobile communication terminal, but also the trend is gradually miniaturized in size.

In order to reduce the size of the mobile communication terminal and to more efficiently view the data display and moving images according to the increase of data exchange, the display of the mobile communication terminal needs to be enlarged. Recently, as mobile communication terminals have improved and diversified, such as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), VOD (Video On Demand), and Gaming mobile terminals, the importance of the function and size of the display screen has been increasing. It is getting better.

On the other hand, in the appearance of a mobile communication terminal, the initial shape of the structure with a large weight and the license plate completely exposed to the outside is a flip type having a flip corresponding to a separate lid, a folder type having a folder part, Alternatively, the display unit is being gradually replaced by a slide type that is opened by sliding movement. That is, the flip-type, folding-type and slide-type mobile communication terminals are characterized by being able to keep the appearance more beautiful while covering and protecting the entire keypad with a flip, a folder portion or a display portion when the portable phone does not make a phone call.

1A and 1B show a conventional flip type mobile communication terminal, FIG. 1A shows a flip state closed, and FIG. 1B shows a flip state open. 1A to 1B, the main body 110 includes a display screen 122, a keypad 112, a transmitter 114, a receiver 124, and a main board (not shown). In addition, a flip 130 that covers and protects the keypad 112 and the transmitter 114 is rotatably provided in the main body 110 by the hinge 132.

As described above, the flip 130 of the flip-type mobile communication terminal protects the keypad 112 as shown in FIG. 1A in the closed state, and collects the user's voice as shown in FIG. 1B in the open state in the call mode. Also, in order to miniaturize the mobile communication terminal, a transmitter 114 (microphone) may be installed at the end of the flip 130 to be used to secure the distance between the receiver 124 and the speaker.

2A and 2B show a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal, FIG. 2A shows a state in which a display unit is closed, and FIG. 2B shows a state in which a display unit is opened. 2A to 2B, the slide type mobile communication terminal is largely composed of a main body 210 and a display 220, and the main body 210 includes a keypad 212, a transmitter 214, and a main board (not shown). The display unit 220 is provided with a display screen 222 and a receiver 224. The main body 210 and the display 220 are slidably connected to each other by the slide hinge module 250. The slide hinge module 250 includes a slide groove 252 and a slide rail 254, and the slide groove 252 and the slide rail 254 correspond to the main body 210 and the display 220, respectively. The slide rail 254 may be slidably moved while being inserted into the slide groove 252.

On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal has various uses such as DMB, VOD, and games, and for this purpose, the size of the display screens 122 and 222 is increasingly required, while the appearance size of the mobile communication terminal is gradually reduced for the user's portability. There is a trend. However, the conventional flip-type or slide-type mobile communication terminals shown in FIGS. 1A to 2B also display screens 122 and 222 to reduce the size of the main body parts 110 and 210 in a limited external size of the terminal main body parts 110 and 210. There was a problem that the size is reduced together.

The present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, by combining the conventional slide type and flip type, it is possible to reduce the size of the terminal body than the conventional slide type or flip type, the slide is opened at the same time It is an object of the present invention to provide a slide-type mobile communication terminal having a flip that can be.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main body, including a main board, a transmission unit; In the slide-type mobile communication terminal is located in front of the main body, having a receiving unit and a display screen, and comprising a display unit connected to the main unit: A keypad is formed on the inside and rotatably hinged to the lower end of the main unit A flip which protects the keypad in the closed state and collects the user's voice in the open state; It is provided with a power transmission means for sliding the display unit in accordance with the opening and closing operation of the flip, it is characterized in that it can provide convenience to the user because the display unit is slid at the same time when the user opens the flip.

The power transmission means may include a pinion gear provided in the hinge portion of the flip and a rack gear provided at a position in contact with the pinion gear at the transmitting portion side of the main body portion so that the pinion gear and the rack gear can be engaged with each other. It is done.

The display unit and the rack gear is further provided with a display unit fixing means for fixing to each other, it is preferable that the driving force of the rack gear can be transmitted to the display unit.

The power transmission means includes rotation sensing means for sensing the rotation of the flip and driving means for sliding the display unit relative to the main body portion, in response to the rotation sensed by the rotation sensing means, the driving Means can slide the display unit, so that the configuration of the rack gear and pinion gear, etc. is unnecessary, and the process of adjusting the diameter of the pinion gear is unnecessary to adjust the amount of movement of the display unit.

Part or all of the keypad is provided on the inner side of the flip, it is possible to reduce the size of the main body of the mobile communication terminal without reducing the display screen.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a flipped state in a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention. 3A and 3B, the configuration of a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention is largely divided into a main body 10, a display 20, and a flip 30.

The main body 10 is provided with a keypad 12 and a main board (not shown), and the display 20 is provided with a display screen 22. The flip 30 is rotatably coupled to the lower end of the body portion 10 in which the keypad 12 is formed by the hinge 32. The keypad 30 is also provided with the flip 30. The keypads 12 and 34 may be provided only in any one of the main body 10 and the flip 30. In order to reduce the size of the main body 10 of the mobile communication terminal, as shown in FIG. It is preferable that each of the flips 30 is provided.

In accordance with the opening and closing operation of the flip 30 is provided with a power transmission means for sliding the display 20, the user can open the flip 30 at the same time the display 20 can be slidingly moved desirable. At this time, the power transmission means 40 may appear in various embodiments, such as mechanical or electronic.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the pinion gear 42 is integrally formed with the hinge 32 on the hinge 32 side of the flip 30. And the inside of the main body portion 10 is provided with a rack gear 41 that can be engaged with the pinion gear 42. The rack gear 41 and pinion gear 42 correspond to the power transmission means 40 configured mechanically. The pinion gear 42 is fixed to the flip 30 and the hinge 32, and can rotate together with the flip 30, the rack gear 41 is a display unit fixing means (located inside the main body 10) 16, the display unit 20 and the display unit 20 are fixed to each other to move together.

A slide hinge module 50 is provided on a surface where the main body 10 and the display unit 20 abut each other, and the slide hinge module 50 includes a slide groove 52 and a slide rail 54. Therefore, the display unit 20 is provided with a slide groove 52 and the main body portion 10 is provided with a slide rail 54, the slide while moving in the state in which the slide rail 54 is inserted into the slide groove 52 It is possible to move.

4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a flip open state in a slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip according to the present invention. When the user grasps and opens the flip 30 from the states of FIGS. 4A and 4B, the hinge 32 and the pinion gear 42 rotate together with the flip 30. When the pinion gear 42 rotates, the teeth of the pinion gear 42 and the teeth of the rack gear 41 mesh with each other, and the rotational movement of the pinion gear 42 is converted into the linear motion of the rack gear 41. Accordingly, the rack gear 41 moves in the upward direction of the terminal body 10 (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6B), and the display unit fixing means 16 and the display unit 20 fixed to the rack gear 41 are mutually fixed. ) Also moves upward with the rack gear 41.

At this time, the movement amount of the display unit 20 can be adjusted by changing the diameter of the pinion gear 42. Since the vertical movement amount of the rack gear 41 is proportional to the diameter of the pinion gear 42 or the length of the circumference, when the diameter of the pinion gear 42 is increased, the movement amount of the display unit 20 can also be increased.

As another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the power transmission means 40 may be configured electronically instead of mechanically as described above. On the hinge 32 side of the flip 30, rotation sensing means 45 such as a sensor for sensing the rotation amount of the flip 30 is provided, and is connected to the display 20 to display 20 Is provided with a driving means (not shown) such as a motor that can move up and down.

Therefore, when the user grasps the flip 30 and opens it, the rotation detecting means 45 detects the rotation of the flip 30 or the hinge 32 of the flip 30. The detected rotation is sent to the main board (not shown), and the main board calculates an appropriate amount of movement of the display unit 20 from this rotation amount, and drives the display unit 20 by driving a driving means such as a motor (not shown). Can be moved vertically. In the case of using the electronic slide hinge module, the position of the rack gear 41 and the pinion gear 42 as shown in FIG. 5 can be positioned in a position other than the flip 30 side, such as the display unit shown in FIGS. It is possible to improve the assemblability by eliminating the configuration such as the fixing means 16. Also, the main board (not shown) converts the amount of rotation measured by the rotation detecting means 45 into the amount of rotation of the driving means (not shown). Since it can be converted, there is an advantage compared to the mechanical slide hinge module in that the process of adjusting the diameter of the pinion gear 42 is unnecessary to adjust the movement amount of the display unit 20.

6A and 6B are perspective views illustrating an operating state of a slide type mobile communication terminal with a flip according to the present invention. 6A and 6B, as described above, when the user opens the flip 30 from the state of FIG. 6A, the display unit 20 also slides upward with respect to the main body unit 10 so that the state shown in FIG. do. In this way, by applying the slide movable display unit 20 and the flip 30 at the same time, by installing the keypad 34 on the flip 30, the display screen 22 as compared to the conventional flip type mobile terminal or slide type mobile communication terminal There is an advantage in that the size of the mobile communication terminal body 10 can be reduced without shrinking.

As described above, the slide-type mobile communication terminal having a flip of the present invention has the effect of reducing the size of the main body of the mobile communication terminal without reducing the display screen. In addition, since the display unit is slid and moved at the same time when the user opens the flip, it may be convenient for the user.

The present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Such modifications or modifications may be made to the present invention. It belongs to the claims of the.

Claims (5)

A main body having a main board, a transmitting unit and the like; In the slide-type mobile communication terminal, which is located in front of the main body, comprising a receiving unit and a display screen, and connected to the main body; A keypad formed inside and rotatably hinged to a lower end of the main body to protect the keypad in a closed state and to collect a user's voice in the open state; And a power transmission means for sliding the display unit according to the opening and closing operation of the flip. The method of claim 1, The power transmission means includes a pinion gear provided in the hinge portion of the flip, and a rack gear provided in a position in contact with the pinion gear on the transmission unit side of the main body portion, the slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip. . The method of claim 2, Further comprising a display unit fixing means for fixing the display unit and the rack gear connected to each other, Slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip, characterized in that the driving force of the rack gear can be transmitted to the display unit. The method of claim 1, The power transmission means includes rotation sensing means for sensing the amount of rotation of the flip and driving means for sliding the display unit relative to the main body, And the driving means slides the display unit in response to the rotation amount detected by the rotation detecting means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Some or all of the keypad is provided on the inner side of the flip slide type mobile communication terminal having a flip.

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