KR100785103B1 - Slide type mobile communication terminal capable of rotation, hinge module capable of sliding and rotation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal and a sliding and rotatable hinge module. A rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes: a first body; A second body disposed to overlap the upper side along the thickness direction of the first body; A first hinge module coupled to any one of the first body and the second body so as to be relatively slidable, and slidingly and rotatably supporting the other of the first body and the second body with respect to the one; ; It includes an elastic pressing unit for applying an elastic force to the first hinge module so that the first hinge module is moved to either side of both ends of the sliding section. Accordingly, when any one of the first body and the second body is in contact with the floor, the display unit is installed on the other one, and the angle of the display unit can be adjusted with respect to any one in contact with the floor so that the visibility of the display unit can be improved. The user's convenience can be improved.

Description

Rotating slide type mobile communication terminal, sliding and rotatable hinge module {SLIDE TYPE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CAPABLE OF ROTATION, HINGE MODULE CAPABLE OF SLIDING AND ROTATION}

1 is a perspective view of a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal,

2 is a perspective view of a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a perspective view illustrating a rotating state of the lid of FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view illustrating a voice call position of the cover of FIG. 2;

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 2;

6 is a perspective view for explaining the operation of the first hinge module and the leaf spring of FIG.

7 and 8 are a side view and a front view of the first hinge module of FIG. 6, respectively;

9 is a cross-sectional plan view of the first hinge module region taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 2;

10 is a view showing a guide slot of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a coupling state of a spacer and a spacer guide part along a VIII-VIII line of FIG. 2;

12 is a view showing the back of the lid of FIG.

13 is a cross-sectional view of main parts of a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

14 and 15 are diagrams for explaining the movement of the lid of FIG. 13, respectively.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: main body 112a: first key portion

112b: second key portion 121: first guide slot

122: second guide slot 123: protrusion

125: depression 131: elastic pressing portion

133: spring member 135: guide pin

137: pin guide portion 151: spacer

210: cover portion 216: hinge module coupling portion

217: shaft hole 219: hinge coupling portion

225: spacer guide portion 230: first hinge module

231,261: Slide part 241,271: Rotating support part

243: hinge receiving portion 250: hinge assembly

253: hinge body 254, 256: camp profile

255: hinge head 257: hinge spring

260: second hinge module 273: shaft portion

275 hollow part

The present invention relates to a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, a sliding and rotatable hinge module, and more particularly, a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal capable of adjusting an angle of a display unit to enhance user convenience. , A sliding and rotatable hinge module.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal. As shown, the slide type mobile communication terminal has a main body 10 and a cover 20 which is slidably coupled to the main body 10. A plurality of keys 11 are disposed on the front of the main body 10 so as to input a signal when the lid 20 is slid and deployed, and a microphone hole is provided below the key 11 to input sound information. (13) is formed. The battery 15 is detachably coupled to the back of the main body 10 so as to supply power.

The front side of the cover portion 20 is provided with a display unit 21 to output a predetermined time information, the receiver hole 23 is formed on the upper side of the display unit 21 to output sound information have. The lower part of the display part 21 is arrange | positioned so that a plurality of keys 25 can be pressed and operated so that a signal may be input.

By the way, in the conventional slide-type mobile communication terminal, the display surface of the display portion 21 is formed to be arranged in parallel with the plate surface of the main body portion 10, so that the display portion 21 as in the case of watching a video or a television. If you want to watch the screen displayed on the screen for a relatively long time and do not use the main body 10 in hand, and want to use the main body 10 on a table or the like, the display surface of the display 21 and the user's eyes are appropriate. There is a problem in that it is difficult to maintain the angle, resulting in inconvenience in use.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, a sliding and rotatable hinge module capable of adjusting an angle of a display unit to enhance user convenience.

The object, according to the present invention, the first body; A second body disposed to overlap the upper side along the thickness direction of the first body; A first hinge module coupled to any one of the first body and the second body so as to be relatively slidable, and slidingly and rotatably supporting the other of the first body and the second body with respect to the one; ; The first hinge module is achieved by a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal including an elastic pressing unit for applying an elastic force to the first hinge module so as to move to either side of both ends of the sliding section.

Here, the first body is a main body portion provided with a main PC ratio therein, the second body is preferably configured as a cover portion provided with a display portion on the front.

The first hinge module may include a slide unit coupled to slide relative to the first body and protrude from the slide unit in a thickness direction of the first body to rotatably support the second body. It is effective to include the pivot support.

A guide slot is formed on the side of the first body so as to extend in the longitudinal direction, and the slide unit is formed with a guide rod slidably inserted into the guide slot.

A plurality of keys are entirely disposed on the front surface of the first body to input a signal, and the guide slot may be formed to correspond to the entire length of the first body so that the keys may be exposed.

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The elastic pressing unit may include a spring member that accumulates elastic force when moving from both ends of the guide slot to the center along the moving direction of the slide unit and applies elastic force to the slide unit with the accumulated elastic force when passing through the central region of the guide slot. It is effective.

Preferably, the spring member is a leaf spring having a cross-sectional shape in which a center thereof is convex in comparison with both ends along the moving direction of the slide part.

It is effective that the first body is provided with a sliding support for slidingly supporting at least one end of the leaf spring.

It is preferable that the roller spring is configured to further include a roller rotatably coupled to the guide rod so as to make contact with the plate surface of the leaf spring.

It is effective to further include a position fixing means for the slide portion is fixed to both ends of the guide slot.

The position fixing means preferably includes a recess formed in the guide slot to be recessed in any one side along the thickness direction of the first body.

The position fixing means is effective on the inner surface of the guide slot includes a projection protruding in the direction of movement of the slide portion.

A spacer protruding along any one of the mutually contact surfaces of the first body and the second body to support the first body and the second body at a predetermined distance, and the first body and the second body It is preferable to further include a spacer guide portion recessed to accommodate the end of the spacer on the other of the mutual contact surface of the extending along the relative movement trajectory of the spacer.

The spacer is formed on the rear surface of the second body and the spacer guide portion is effectively formed on the front surface of the first body.

A slide part slidably coupled to the first body on an opposite side of the first hinge module, and integrally formed with the slide part to support the second body in a rotatable manner relative to the first body It is preferable to further include a second hinge module having a pivot support.

It is effective to further include a hinge assembly coupled to any one of the first hinge module and the second hinge module having a hinge body and a hinge head coupled to each other rotatably.

The hinge assembly is preferably coupled to the first hinge module.

It is effective that the hollow part is formed inside the second hinge module to communicate with the inside of the second body and the first body.

On the mutual contact surface of the hinge body and the hinge head is formed a camp profile that is formed to gradually vary in height in the rotational direction, the hinge spring for applying an elastic force to elastically contact the hinge body and the hinge head along the axial direction It is preferable to further include.

The camp profile is effective to have a concave-convex cross-sectional shape in the rotational direction.

On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the slide unit is coupled to the sliding side relative to any one side of any one of the first body and the second body disposed to overlap each other along the thickness direction; And a rotation support part integrally formed with the slide part to protrude along the thickness direction of any one of the first body and the second body to support the other of the first body and the second body in a rotatable manner. A sliding and rotatable hinge module is provided.

Here, a hinge body and a hinge head coupled to each other rotatably coupled to each other, one of the hinge body and the hinge head is integrally coupled to the pivot support and the other one of the first body and the second body It is preferable to configure to further include a hinge assembly integrally coupled to one.

A spring member having a cross-sectional shape in which a center thereof is convex compared to both ends along the moving direction of the slide part is disposed along the moving direction of the slide part and applies an elastic force to move the slide part to any one end of both ends along the moving direction. It is effective to configure it to include.

Preferably, the slide portion is formed with a protruding guide rod to be in contact with the spring member.

It is effective that the roller is provided at the end of the guide rod so that the spring member and the rolling contact.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a rotation state of the cover part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a voice call position of the cover part of FIG. 2. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the operation of the first hinge module and the leaf spring of FIG. 5, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are respectively FIGS. 6 is a side view and a front view of the first hinge module of FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 is a plan sectional view of the first hinge module region taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 2, and FIG. 10 is a view illustrating the guide slot of FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling state of the spacer and the spacer guide portion along the ⅩΙ-ⅩΙ line of Figure 2, Figure 12 is a view showing the back of the cover of Figure 3, Figure 13 is a rotation according to another embodiment of the present invention It is a main cross-sectional view of the slide-type mobile communication terminal, 14 and 15 are diagrams for explaining the movement of the lid of FIG. 13, respectively. As shown in these figures, the rotatable slide-type mobile communication terminal includes a first body, a second body disposed to overlap the upper side along the thickness direction of the first body, and among the first body and the second body. It is configured to include a first hinge module 210 is coupled to one side of the slidably relative to any one of the first body and the second body so as to slide and rotatable with respect to any one. Hereinafter, the first body is limited to the main body 110 provided with the main PC 117 therein, and the second body is limited to the cover 210 provided with the display 211 at the front thereof. Shall be.

A display unit 211 is installed on the front surface of the cover unit 210 so as to display predetermined visual information, and a receiver hole 213 is formed on the upper side of the display unit 211 to output sound information. have. A plurality of keys 215 are formed at a lower side of the display unit 211 to enable a pressing operation so that a signal can be input, and the first hinge module 230 and the first hinge module 230 are formed at both corners of the lower side of the cover 210. Hinge module coupling portion 216 is formed so that the two hinge module 260 can be coupled to each other. The rear surface of the cover portion 210 protrudes along the thickness direction and contacts the front surface of the body portion 110 so that the cover portion 210 and the body portion 110 can be spaced apart from each other with a predetermined gap. ) Is formed.

The first key portion 112a and the second key portion 112b are disposed on the front surface of the main body 110 so that a signal can be input, and the lower side of the first key portion 112a allows the input of sound information. The microphone hole 113 is formed. Here, the first key portion 112a is composed of keys of a general 3 * 4 matrix form for input of numbers and letters, and the second key portion 112b is a signal input when playing a game while watching the display portion 211. It consists of function keys that can be used for special purposes such as.

Spacer guide portions 151 recessed in the thickness direction and extending in the longitudinal direction are formed at both sides of the first key portion 112a and the second key portion 112b to accommodate the ends of the spacer 225, respectively. One end of each spacer guide part 151 is opened so that each spacer 225 may be separated when the cover part 210 is slid. The battery 115 is provided on the back of the main body 110 to supply power, and the main PC 117 is accommodated in the main body 110 to perform various functions.

On the other hand, the first guide slot 121 and the second guide slot 122 on both sides of the main body 110 so that the first hinge module 230 and the second hinge module 260 can slide in the longitudinal direction, respectively. ) Are formed respectively.

The second hinge module 260 is integrally extended upwardly from the slide part 261 along the thickness direction of the slide part 261 and the main body part 110 and sliding along the second guide slot 122. The rotation support part 271 which rotatably supports the part 210 is provided. Rotating support portion 271 is formed with a shaft portion 273 protruding along the width direction of the main body portion 110, the shaft portion 273 on one side of the hinge module coupling portion 216 can be accommodated to be coupled relative rotation. The shaft hole 217 is formed to be. The other end of the flexible PC 221 connected to the display part 211 of the cover part 210 passes through the inside of the pivot support part 271 and the slide part 261, so that the main part of the main body part 110 is passed. The hollow part 275 is formed to be connected to the PCB 117.

The first hinge module 230 extends upwardly along the thickness direction of the slide part 231 sliding along the first guide slot 121 and the body part 110 to rotate the cover part 210. The rotation support part 241 which supports is provided. The hinge support part 243 is formed in the rotation support part 241 so as to accommodate one side of the hinge assembly 250.

The hinge assembly 250 includes a hinge body 253 and a hinge head 255 that are rotatably coupled to each other about a rotation shaft 251, a rotation shaft 251, and a hinge body 253 and a hinge head 255. ) Is provided with a hinge spring (257) for applying an elastic force to elastically contact each other. On the mutual contact surfaces of the hinge body 253 and the hinge head 255, camp profiles 253 and 254 having uneven cross-sectional shapes having height differences along the rotational direction are formed, respectively, and hinges are formed on the other side of the hinge module coupling part 216. The hinge coupler 219 is formed to allow the body 253 and the hinge spring 257 to be received and coupled.

One side of the slide portion 231 of the first hinge module 230 is formed to protrude a pair of guide rods 233 to be inserted into the first guide slot 121 to be slidably movable, each guide The roller 235 is coupled to the end of the rod 233 so as to be rotatable.

At both ends of the first guide slot 121, the first hinge module 230 is in contact with the guide rod 233 so as to be fixed to both ends of the first guide slot 121 to move the guide rod 233. Protruding portions 123 protruding along the thickness direction are respectively formed as position fixing means for suppressing the first and second hinge modules 230 in the central region of the first guide slot 121, as shown in FIG. As the position fixing means for suppressing the movement of the guide rod 233 so that the position can be fixed in the call position, the recessed portion 125 recessed upward in the thickness direction is formed.

On the other hand, the inner side of the first guide slot 121 of the main body 110, the elastic pressing unit 131 for applying an elastic force to move the first hinge module 230 to both end regions of the first guide slot 121 is It is provided.

The elastic pressing unit 131 may include a plate-like spring member 133 disposed along one side of the first guide slot 121 along a length direction, and guide pins 135 respectively coupled to both ends of the spring member 133. ) And a pin guide part 137 formed inside the main body part 110 to slidably support each guide pin 135 when the spring member 133 is expanded and contracted.

Here, as shown in Figures 13 to 15, one side is connected to the body portion 110 and the other side is a coil-shaped spring member connected to the first hinge module 230 and / or the second hinge module 260. 143, any one of a spring support 145 formed on the main body 110 to support one end of the spring member 143, and a first hinge module 230 and / or a second hinge module 260. The elastic pressing portion 141 is configured to include a spring connecting portion 147 formed so that the other end of the spring member 143 is connected to one, and both ends in the movement of the lid portion 210 with respect to the main body portion 110. When the spring member 143 is compressed to accumulate the elastic force when moving from the center to the center, when the compressed spring member 143 is extended and the elastic force is applied to the cover 210 as the compressed spring member 143 is extended to the main body 110 It may also be configured to be moved to each end side of the).

By such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 2, in the state in which the cover 210 is disposed to overlap the main body 110, a clock, a short message confirmation, and a music listening function may be used.

On the other hand, when you want to make a call when the cover 210 is moved slidingly in the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body 110, the first hinge module 230 and the second hinge module 260 to move the corresponding guide slots (121, 122) As shown in FIG. 4, the guide rod 233 which is moved along and disposed in front of the guide rod 233 is fixed to a call position suitable for a call. In this case, the roller 235 of the guide rod 233 is moved in rolling contact with the spring member 133, the spring member 133 is convex upward is pressed downward and the guide pin 135 at both ends is the pin guide portion It moves to both sides along 137, and the elastic force has accumulated. In this state, when the cover 210 is pressed to any one side along the longitudinal direction of the main body 110, the cover 210 is formed at both end regions of the first guide slot 121 by the elastic force of the spring member 133. Is moved to.

When the user wants to watch a video or a television, the cover 210 presses the cover 210 in a direction extending along the longitudinal direction of the main body 110 so that the cover 210 is the elastic force of the spring member 133. It moves to the end side of the first guide slot 121 by. At this time, the guide rod 233 on the front end side of the moving direction passes through the protrusion 123 so that the cover portion 210 is fixed at the corresponding position. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the cover part 210 is rotated upward with respect to the main body part 110 so that the display surface of the display part 211 is adjusted at an appropriate angle with the eyes to watch a video or a television. . When the cover portion 210 is rotated, the hinge body 253 is rotated relative to the hinge head 255. At this time, the hinge spring 257 has elastic force such that the two camp profiles 254 and 256 of the uneven cross-sectional shape are engaged with each other. In addition, the lid 210 is prevented from being accidentally rotated.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the case in which the main body portion and the cover portion are formed to have a relatively long length, and the first key portion and the second key portion are configured to be disposed on the front surface of the main body portion is described as an example. Only the first key portion may be formed in the main body portion and the cover portion may be configured to have a relatively small length.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the case in which the center of the spring member is disposed upwardly convex is described as an example, but may be configured to be downwardly convex.

In addition, in the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the case where the spring member is configured as one example is described as an example, but a plurality of spring members may be configured.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the first hinge module so that the lid portion is slidable and rotatable with respect to the main body portion, it is possible to adjust the angle of the display portion relative to the main body portion to improve the visibility of the display portion, the user's convenience Provided is a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, a sliding and rotatable hinge module capable of improving the number of slides.

Claims (26)

A first body; A second body disposed to overlap the upper side along the thickness direction of the first body; A first hinge module coupled to any one of the first body and the second body so as to be relatively slidable, and slidingly and rotatably supporting the other of the first body and the second body with respect to the one; ; And a resilient pressing unit for applying an elastic force to the first hinge module such that the first hinge module is moved to one of both ends of the sliding section. The method of claim 1, The first body is a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the main body is provided with a main PC ratio therein, the second body is a cover portion provided with a display on the front. The method of claim 2, The first hinge module may include a slide unit coupled to slide relative to the first body and protrude from the slide unit in a thickness direction of the first body to rotatably support the second body. A rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal comprising a pivot support. The method of claim 3, A guide slot is formed on the side of the first body so as to extend in the longitudinal direction, and the slide unit is formed with a guide rod slidably inserted into the guide slot. Communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein A plurality of keys are disposed on the front of the first body so as to input a signal, and the guide slot is formed to correspond to the entire length of the first body so that the keys can be exposed. Rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal. delete The method of claim 4, wherein The elastic pressing unit may include a spring member that accumulates elastic force when moving from both ends of the guide slot to the center along the moving direction of the slide unit and applies elastic force to the slide unit with the accumulated elastic force when passing through the central region of the guide slot. Rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The spring member is a rotatable slide-type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the leaf spring having a cross-sectional shape in the center convex than both ends along the moving direction of the slide. The method of claim 8, The first body is a sliding slide type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the sliding support for slidingly supporting at least one end of the leaf spring. The method of claim 9, And a roller rotatably coupled to the guide rod to enable rolling contact with the plate surface of the leaf spring. The method of claim 4, wherein And a position fixing means for positioning the slide portion at both ends of the guide slot. The method of claim 11, The position fixing means is a rotatable slide-type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a depression formed in any one side in the guide slot along the thickness direction of the first body. The method of claim 11, The position fixing means is a rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a projection projecting in the moving direction of the slide portion on the inner surface of the guide slot. The method of claim 1, A spacer protruding along any one of the mutually contact surfaces of the first body and the second body to support the first body and the second body at a predetermined distance, and the first body and the second body And a spacer guide portion recessed to accommodate the end of the spacer on the other one of the mutual contact surfaces of the spacer and extending along the relative movement trajectory of the spacer. The method of claim 14, And the spacer is formed on the rear surface of the second body and the spacer guide portion is formed on the front surface of the first body. The method of claim 1, A slide part slidably coupled to the first body on an opposite side of the first hinge module, and integrally formed with the slide part to support the second body in a rotatable manner relative to the first body A rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal further comprising a second hinge module having a pivot support. The method of claim 16, And a hinge assembly coupled to any one of the first hinge module and the second hinge module, having a hinge body and a hinge head coupled to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other. The method of claim 17, And the hinge assembly is coupled to the first hinge module. The method of claim 18, And a hollow portion formed in the second hinge module to communicate with the second body and the inside of the first body. The method of claim 17, On the mutual contact surface of the hinge body and the hinge head is formed a camp profile that is formed to gradually vary in height in the rotational direction, the hinge spring for applying an elastic force to elastically contact the hinge body and the hinge head along the axial direction A rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method of claim 20, The camp profile is rotatable slide type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is formed to have a concave-convex cross-sectional shape in the rotational direction. A slide part coupled to one side of any one of the first body and the second body so as to be relatively slidably movable along the thickness direction; And a rotation support part integrally formed with the slide part to protrude along the thickness direction of any one of the first body and the second body to support the other of the first body and the second body in a rotatable manner. Sliding and rotatable hinge module, characterized in that. Claim 23 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 22, One of the hinge body and the hinge head is integrally coupled to the pivot support, and the other is connected to the other of the first body and the second body. Sliding and rotatable hinge module, characterized in that it further comprises a hinge assembly coupled integrally. Claim 24 was abandoned when the setup registration fee was paid. The method of claim 22 or 23, A spring member having a cross-sectional shape in which a center thereof is convex compared to both ends along the moving direction of the slide part is disposed along the moving direction of the slide part and applies an elastic force to move the slide part to any one end of both ends along the moving direction. Sliding and rotatable hinge module comprising a. Claim 25 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 24, Sliding and rotatable hinge module, characterized in that the slide portion is formed with a guide rod protruding to contact the spring member. Claim 26 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 25, Sliding and rotatable hinge module, characterized in that the end of the guide rod is provided with a roller to make contact with the spring member.

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