KR100778529B1 - slide/hinge apparatus of portable unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal, comprising: a portable terminal in which a cover slides with respect to a main body, which is fixed to the main body, and guides are bent on both sides, and the guide piece has an inclined displacement. A fixed plate formed; A moving plate fixed to the cover and having slide rails formed on both sides thereof in a longitudinal direction; Interposed between the fixed plate and the movable plate, the bent piece is formed so that the slide groove is provided on both sides, the end of the bent piece hinged to the guide piece; A moving guide bar interposed to be movable between the slide rail and the bent piece, and having guide slots formed at both sides thereof; It is interposed between the guide piece and the movement guide bar, one side includes a tilt guide bar is formed with a moving rail is inserted into the guide slot and the other side is formed with a guide projection inserted into the guide hole.

According to the present invention configured as described above, the slide movement of the cover with respect to the main body is easy, and the cover is tilted at a predetermined angle when the sliding of the cover is completed. For example, when using a mobile phone, the transmitter and the receiver of the mobile phone are inserted into the user's mouth and ear. It can be located as close as possible, improving transmission and reception sensitivity.

Terminal, Fixed Plate, Moving Plate, Moving Guide Bar, Tilt Guide Bar

Description

Slide / hinge apparatus of portable terminal

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a portable terminal equipped with a slide / hinge device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing an operating state of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG. 1.

5A and 5B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing a slide / hinge device with the cover closed in the main body;

6A and 6B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, illustrating a slide / hinge device in a state in which the cover slides with respect to the main body;

7A and 7B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing a state in which the cover has completed the slide movement with respect to the main body;

8A and 8B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing a slide / hinge device with the cover inclined relative to the main body;

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100; Fixed plate 110; Guide

111; Guide hole 111a; Horizontal moving part

111b; Inclined portion 112; Hinge Hole

120; Hinge pin 200; Moving plate

210; Slide rails 211; stopper

300; Guide plate 310; Bending

311; Slide groove 312; Hinge Hole

400; Moving guide bar 410,420; Guide slot

500; Tilt guide bar 510; Moving rail

520; Guide protrusion

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal to enable tilting after the slide movement of the cover relative to the main body.

In general, a portable terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a “terminal”) such as a mobile phone, a PDA, or an MP3 player is a device for wireless communication such as a call or data transmission and reception. A cover including a main body equipped with a keypad and a liquid crystal for a display is usually provided. Is coupled to be mutually open and close.

Such a terminal may be classified into a bar type, a flip type, a folder type, a slide type, and the like according to its appearance or the opening / closing structure of the cover for the main body.

The bar type has a structure in which an input unit and a transceiver are installed in one main body, and the flip type has a structure in which a flip is provided at the bottom thereof to open and close the main body in which the input unit and the transceiving unit are installed. The cover is opened and closed while rotating at a predetermined angle with respect to the main body with the hinge means formed in the slide type, the slide is opened and closed while sliding the cover with respect to the main body by a guide means formed respectively corresponding to the main body and the cover. It is a structure.

Among these various terminals, the slide type terminal has a structure in which the cover slides by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the terminal with respect to the main body. Such a structure can reduce the length of the terminal, which is easy to carry and can provide a wider display liquid crystal, and has an advantage of easy opening and closing of the terminal as compared to a folding type.

By the way, the conventional slide-type terminal is configured to extend only the length of the open state compared to the closed state of the cover simply by sliding the cover horizontally relative to the main body.

Such a structure, for example, for a mobile phone, becomes a factor that reduces the sensitivity to transmission and reception since the transmitter and receiver cannot be in close proximity to the user's mouth and ear at the same time.

The present invention is to solve this problem, to provide a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal to ensure the maximum slide movement distance of the cover with respect to the body while allowing the cover to tilt at a predetermined angle when the cover is completed sliding. The purpose is.

In addition, the present invention provides a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal to facilitate securing the viewing angle for the visual information output to the liquid crystal display device by tilting the cover to the main body when operating the key button of the terminal There is another purpose.

An object of the present invention described above is a portable terminal in which a cover slides with respect to a main body, the fixing plate being fixed to the main body and having guide holes bent on both sides thereof, the guide piece having a guide hole having an inclination displacement; A moving plate fixed to the cover and having slide rails formed on both sides thereof in a longitudinal direction; Interposed between the fixed plate and the movable plate, the bent piece is formed so that the slide groove is provided on both sides, the end of the bent piece hinged to the guide piece; A moving guide bar interposed so as to be movable between the slide rail and the bent piece and having guide slots formed at both sides thereof; It is interposed between the guide piece and the movement guide bar, the slide / hinge of the portable terminal including a tilt guide bar is formed on one side of the guide rail is inserted into the guide slot and the other side is formed with a guide projection inserted into the guide hole Achieved by the device.

Hereinafter, a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an MP3 player to which a slide / hinge device according to the present invention is mounted, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a view of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG. 1. 4 is a perspective view showing an operating state, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the slide / hinge device applied to FIG. 1.

As shown in Fig. 1, the slide / hinge device S according to the present invention is interposed between the main body 1 and the cover 2 of a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or an MP3 player.

In this case, the slide / hinge device is configured such that the cover 2 slides in the longitudinal direction within the allowable length of the main body 1, and the cover 2 is rotated by a predetermined angle when the slide movement is completed. .

Thus, for example, a mobile phone allows a user to easily secure a viewing angle with respect to the liquid crystal display device provided in the cover 2, and in addition, the transmitter and the receiver can be positioned close to the user's mouth and ear, respectively. And it is possible to increase the reception sensitivity.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the slide / hinge device S includes a fixing plate 100 coupled to a main body 1 including a keypad and a cover 2 including a liquid crystal display. It is fixed to include a movable plate 200 sliding on the fixed plate (100).

Both ends of the fixing plate 100 are integrally formed with a guide piece 110 vertically bent upwards, the guide piece 110 is bored with a guide hole 111 having an inclination displacement in the guide piece 110 (to be described later) Guide guide 520 of 500 is guided.

The guide hole 111 is composed of a horizontal moving part (111a) is a predetermined distance horizontal when viewed from the side, and the inclined part (111b) extending inclined upward from the horizontal moving part (111a).

Slide rails 210 are formed at both ends of the movable plate 200 in the longitudinal direction, that is, in the slide direction of the movable plate 200.

And the guide plate 300 for guiding the sliding of the movable plate 200 is interposed between the fixed plate 100 and the movable plate 200. On both sides of the guide plate 300, a bent piece 310 is formed in a "c" shape, and a slide groove 311 is formed inside the bent piece 310.

A hinge hole 312 is formed at the rear of the bending piece 310, and the hinge pin 120 is coupled to the hinge hole 312 by penetrating through the hinge hole 112 of the guide piece 110. After the 200 slides a predetermined distance, the movable plate 200 can be rotated with respect to the fixed plate 100.

On the other hand, the inner side of the slide groove 311 is coupled to the movement guide bar 400 of a predetermined length to guide the linear movement of the moving plate 200 and at the same time guide the slide movement of the guide plate 300.

Guide slots 410 and 420 are formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the moving guide bar 400, respectively, and the inner guide slot 410 is coupled to the slide rail 210 of the above-described moving plate 200. Guide the movement of the movement plate 200, the outer guide slot 420 is inserted into the moving rail 510 of the tilt guide bar 500 to be described later to guide the slide movement of the tilt guide bar 500.

In addition, at the front and rear ends of the guide slots 410 and 420, a stepped portion 440 is formed to protrude a predetermined amount, respectively, and the stepped portion 440 is bent after the predetermined distance of the guide plate 300 is moved. The contact with the piece 310 to restrain the movement of the guide plate 300.

Between the moving guide bar 400 and the guide piece 110, the tilt guide bar 500 for inclining the moving plate 200 by a predetermined angle with respect to the fixed plate 100 at the end of the sliding of the moving plate 200 is It is interposed.

A moving rail 510 is formed inside the tilt guide bar 500 so as to be inserted into the guide slot 420 to move, and protrudes outward from the rear of the tilt guide bar 500 to guide the guide piece 110. Guide protrusions 520 are formed to be inserted into the holes 111 and moved.

That is, while the cover is closed in the main body, the moving rail of the tilt guide bar 500 is inserted into the guide slot 420 of the moving guide bar 400 and the guide protrusion 420 of the other side of the guide hole 111 It is positioned in the state inserted into the front end of the horizontal moving portion (111a).

The operation of the slide / hinge device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 8B.

First, in a state where the cover is closed with respect to the main body of the terminal, that is, in the initial state in which the movable plate 200 is positioned with respect to the fixed plate 100 as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the user presses the cover to the movable plate 200. When the stroke operation is made in one direction, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the slide rail 210 of the moving plate 200 moves horizontally along a guide slot 410 of the moving guide bar 400.

The movement plate 200 moved as described above, when the stopper 211 protruding from the tip thereof contacts the step portion 430 of the movement guide bar 400, moves the movement guide bar 310 as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B. The guide plate slides along.

When the bending piece 310 of the guide plate 300 moved as described above is in contact with the stepped portion 440 of the movement guide bar 400 and the movement is constrained, the tilt guide bar 500 starts to move.

That is, when the moving rail 510 of the tilt guide bar 500 moves along the guide slot 312, the guide protrusion 420 moves along the guide hole 111 of the guide piece 110. Enters the inclined portion 111b through the horizontal moving portion 111a of the guide hole 111.

Thereafter, when the guide protrusion 420 reaches the highest point of the inclined portion 111b, that is, the state shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, that is, the movable plate 200 moves the hinge pin 330 relative to the fixed plate 100. The angle is inclined to the axis.

As described above, the present invention can ensure a sufficient slide movement distance of the cover within a limited length of the main body by forming the slide structure of the movable plate 200 in multiple stages with respect to the fixed plate 100, and also the slide movement of the cover After the completion is to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the main body to provide convenience to the user.

As described above, the slide / hinge device according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, the slide movement of the cover with respect to the main body is easy, and the cover is tilted at a predetermined angle when the sliding of the cover is completed, so that the transmitter and receiver of the mobile phone can be placed as close as possible to the user's mouth and ear. Therefore, transmission and reception sensitivity can be improved.

Second, when the cover is tilted with respect to the main body, when the key button of the terminal is operated, the viewing angle with respect to the visual information output to the liquid crystal display device can be easily secured.

Claims (4)

A portable terminal in which a cover slides with respect to a main body, Fixing plate fixed to the main body, the guide piece is bent on both sides, the guide piece is formed with a guide hole having an inclination displacement; A moving plate fixed to the cover and having slide rails formed on both sides thereof in a longitudinal direction; Interposed between the fixed plate and the movable plate, the bent piece is formed so that the slide groove is provided on both sides, the end of the bent piece hinged to the guide piece; A moving guide bar interposed to be movable between the slide rail and the bent piece, and having guide slots formed at both sides thereof; It is interposed between the guide piece and the movement guide bar, the portable terminal characterized in that it comprises a tilt guide bar is formed on one side of the guide rail is inserted into the guide slot and the other side is formed with a guide projection inserted into the guide hole Slide / hinge device. The method of claim 1, The guide hole is a slide / hinge device of a portable terminal, characterized in that consisting of a horizontal moving portion for guiding the guide projections straight, and an inclined portion extending inclined upward from the horizontal moving portion. The method of claim 1, A slide / hinge device of a portable terminal, characterized in that a stopper is provided at the front end of the slide rail to restrain the sliding of the movement guide bar. The method of claim 1, A front end and a rear end of the moving guide bar is a slide / hinge device of the portable terminal, characterized in that the stepped portion is formed so as to catch the bent pieces.

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