KR101639078B1 - Cradling apparatus for portable communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a mounting device for a portable communication apparatus, comprising: a first housing having an opening / closing region; and a second housing having a display device and being slidably mounted after being slid while maintaining a state facing the first housing, A sliding guide portion provided in the first housing and guiding the second housing to slidably guide the second housing; and a second guide portion provided between the first and second housings and extending from the open / close region when the second housing is inclined after sliding, At least one refracted link portion for opening / closing the refracted link portion, and at least one refracted link portion provided on the first housing and rotatably coupled to the refracted link portion, wherein when the second housing is slidably moved, And at least one hinge part for closing the product, It is possible to make the product more slim and compact and to reduce the number of parts and to reduce the manufacturing cost and the assembly process by constructing the refracted link portion and the hinge portion to be inserted into the inside of the housing have.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a CRADLING APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a portable communication device mounting device configured to open and close a housing in a state of being extended beyond a conventional opening / closing area of a housing when sliding after sliding.

The term "portable communication device" generally means a device capable of performing wireless communication with the other party while the user is carrying it. Such portable communication devices are referred to as HHP, CT-2 cellular phone, digital phone, PCS phone, PDA, and the like, and they are classified into various types as external shapes. For example, wireless terminals are classified into bar-type, flip-type, folder-type, or slide-type wireless terminals according to their appearance. The above-described conventional portable communication devices necessarily include an antenna device, a data input / output device, and a data transmission / reception device. Of course, the data input device is commonly used as a keypad capable of mainly inputting data by a finger pressing operation.

The sliding type wireless terminal includes a main body having a keypad, a sliding body having a display unit, and a sliding module for slidingly moving the sliding body from the main body.

However, the conventional slide type wireless terminals have the following problems. The information displayed on the display device is used by using a separate stand so as to be convenient for viewing, resulting in an uneconomical problem from the viewpoint of the user. It is well known that the information actually displayed on the display device is inclined to face the user and is convenient to view. However, in the past, unless a separate stand is provided, the user may view the main body while tilting the main body while holding it in the hand, and there is no separate stand on a desk or the like, which makes it difficult to view the screen displayed on the display device .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the configuration of a portable terminal and its sliding and mounting apparatus has been disclosed in detail in Patent Application No. 0678215

1 and 2, the sliding and tilting apparatus 10 of the portable terminal includes a first housing 20 having a plurality of keys 21 and a display device 31, and the first housing 20 And a second housing (30) slidably mounted on the first housing (20) and slidably mounted on the first housing (20) after the sliding, the first member (50) A second member 60 fastened to the second housing 30 and a sliding guide portion provided between the first and second members 50 and 60 for guiding the sliding movement of the second housing 30 And a sliding guide portion provided in the first member and the sliding guide portion to guide the second member and the sliding guide portion in a direction away from the first member, And a hinge means 80 for rotating the hinge shaft 70 about the hinge axis A1.

However, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the conventional sliding and stationary device of the portable terminal has a structure in which the opening / closing area D1 provided in the first housing is opened when the second housing is slid and moved, Since the opening / closing area D1 is opened / closed only up to about 1/2 in the longitudinal direction of the first housing, the space for installing the keys of the first housing is limited, there was.

In addition, since the conventional sliding and mounting apparatus of the portable terminal is composed of the first and second members, the hinge arms, and the rods fastened to the first and second housings, a space for installing the above components is required. The thickness of the terminal is increased, which is an obstacle to the slimness and miniaturization, and the manufacturing cost and assembly process are increased due to an increase in the number of parts.

Therefore, the second housing can be opened and closed more widely than the existing open / close region of the first housing when sliding after the sliding movement, and the number of components can be inserted into the first and second housings to make the product slimmer and smaller, It is necessary to provide a device capable of reducing the manufacturing cost and assembly process by reducing the number.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting device for a portable communication apparatus which can use a wide opening and closing area of a product by constructing a refracted link portion so that the housing can be opened and closed beyond the existing opening / .

Further, according to the present invention, since the refracted link portion and the hinge portion are inserted into the inside of the housing, the product can be slimmed and miniaturized, the number of parts can be reduced, .

The present invention relates to an apparatus for mounting a portable communication apparatus comprising a first housing having an open / close region, and a second housing having a display device and being slidably mounted after being slid while maintaining a state in which the first housing faces the first housing ,

A sliding guide unit provided on the first housing and guiding the second housing to be slidable;

At least one refracting link provided between the first and second housings and opening / closing the second housing so as to extend from the open / close region when the second housing is inclined after sliding; And

And at least one hinge portion provided in the first housing and rotatably coupled to the refracted link portion and capable of rotating the refracted link portion when the second housing is slid and moved .

As described above, according to the mounting apparatus of the portable communication apparatus of the present invention,

It is possible to make the open / close area of the product wider by constructing the refracted link portion so that the housing can be opened and closed beyond the existing open / close region of the housing when sliding after the sliding movement. Further, since the refracted link portion and the hinge portion are located inside the housing It is possible to make the product slimmer and smaller, reduce the number of parts, and reduce manufacturing cost and assembling process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a sliding and mounting apparatus of a conventional portable communication apparatus. FIG.
2 is a perspective view showing an operating state of a sliding and mounting apparatus of a conventional portable communication apparatus;
3 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an operation process of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a state after operation of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sliding guide unit in a structure of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a state before operation of a mounting device of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
8 is a sectional view taken along the line AA 'in Fig. 7
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an initial operation process of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
10 is a perspective view illustrating an operation progressing process of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a completed operation state of a mounting device of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 12 is a side view showing an operation completed state of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an operation completed state of a mounting apparatus of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing an operating state of a refracted link portion of a mounting device of a portable communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the embodiments described herein and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and that various modifications are possible at the time of filing of the present application.

3 to 14, the mounting apparatus 100 of the portable communication apparatus includes a first housing 20 having a closed region D1 recessed to a predetermined depth and a second housing 20 having a display device 31 At least one refracting link unit 500 and at least one hinge unit 600. The first housing 20 has a first housing 20, a second housing 30, a sliding guide unit 400, The second housing 30 is slidably mounted on the first housing 20 so that the second housing 30 can slide and move while sliding on the second housing 30 while the second housing 30 faces the first housing 20. [ The sliding guide unit 400 is formed at one of both ends of the open / close region D1 of the first housing 20 so as to guide the second housing 30 in a sliding manner , And the refracted link portions (500) The first and second housings 20 and 30 are provided between the first and second housings 20 and 30 so that the first and second housings 30 and 30 can be opened and closed from the open / The first housing 20 is rotatably coupled to the refracted link part 500 and rotates the refracted link part 500 when the second housing 30 is slid and moved. have.

3 to 6, the sliding guide part 400 is formed as a sliding groove so as to be slidably engaged with the guide protrusion 303 formed at both ends of the second housing 30, The sliding guide unit 400 is formed with a stopper rotation unit 401 for restricting movement of the second housing 30 from the sliding end position and for rotating the second housing 30.

3 to 14, the refracted link unit 500 is composed of first and second refracting units 501 and 502, and the first refracting unit 501 includes the first and second refracting units 501 and 502, And the second refracting portion 502 is configured to refract the portion 500 to change the refracting direction so that the second refracting portion 502 can open and close the second housing 30 from the opening / The second housing 30 is provided between the first and second refractive portions 501 and 502 so as to be able to refract the refracted link portion 500, A support portion 503 is formed to support the second refraction portion 502 so that the second refraction portion 502 can be opened and closed from the open / close region D1.

3 to 14, one end of the refracted link part 500 is rotatably coupled with the rotation coupling part 301 provided in the second housing 30, And the other end of the refracted link part 500 is formed with a hinge coupling part 500b to be rotatably engaged with the rotation part 601 provided on the hinge part 600. [

The hinge unit 600 includes a hinge cam, a hinge shaft, and a coil spring. The hinge cam is provided with a rotation unit 601 to be engaged with the hinge coupling unit 500b. Shaped portion formed to have a curved surface so as to face an acid-shaped portion of a hinge shaft, which will be described later, and an arcuate portion having a curved surface facing one of the curved surfaces of the oval-shaped portion is formed at one end of the hinge shaft, The curved surfaces of the hinge shaft and the hinge shaft are configured to be able to rotate in accordance with the sliding contact, and the coil springs are slidably in contact with the curved surfaces of the mountain-shaped portion and the trough-shaped portion, (The hinge cam, the hinge shaft, and the coil spring are not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the refracted link portion 500 has a lightning-like shape, and the refracted link portion 500 may have a shape other than the lightning (for example, a stepped shape).

3 to 14, a seating groove 202 is formed in the first housing 20 so that the hinge unit 600 can be seated and fixed. The inlet / outlet grooves 203 are formed at neighboring positions of the seating grooves 202 so as to allow the refracted link parts 500 to be drawn / drawn inwardly of the first housing 20, A detachable groove 302 is formed on a rear surface of the second housing 30 so that the refracted link portion 500 can be detached from the inside of the second housing 30.

The open / close region D1 may be a keypad or a display unit including a plurality of keys, and the open / close region D1 may be a device other than a keypad or a display unit.

Meanwhile, the above-described mounting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is a portable communication apparatus as a typical application example. However, the portable communication device is not necessarily limited to a mobile communication terminal, and can be applied to various types of terminals using a mounting device (for example, a bar type, a folder type, a sliding type terminal, and a swing type terminal)

Examples of the portable communication apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention include all mobile communication terminals operating based on communication protocols corresponding to various communication systems, a portable multimedia player (PMP) And may include all information communication devices such as MP3 players, navigation devices, game devices, notebooks, billboards, TVs, digital broadcast players, PDAs (personal digital assistants) have.

The operation of the apparatus for mounting the portable communication apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 14.

3 to 14, the mounting apparatus 100 of the portable communication apparatus includes a first housing 20 having a closed region D1 recessed to a predetermined depth and a second housing 20 having a display device 31 At least one refracting link unit 500, and at least one hinge unit 600. The second housing 30 includes a first housing part 30, a second housing part 30, a sliding guide part 400,

The hinge part 600 is seated in a seating groove 202 formed in the first housing 20 and the refracted link part 500 is inserted into a lead-in /

At this time, the rotation hole 500a formed at one end of the refracted link part 500 is rotatably coupled to the rotation coupling part 301 provided in the second housing 30, and the refracted link part 500 The hinge coupling part 500b formed on the other end of the hinge part 600 is coupled to the rotation part 601 of the hinge part 600 so as to be rotated.

At this time, the guide protrusion 303 of the second housing 30 is slidably coupled to the sliding guide part 400 of the first housing 20.

In this state, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 14, when the user slides and mounts the second housing 30, the user first slides the second housing 30. The guide protrusion 303 of the second housing 30 is slidably moved by the sliding guide portion 400.

3 to 5, the rotation hole 500a of the refracted link portion 500 is disengaged from the attachment / detachment groove 302 formed in the second housing 30 and rotates.

6 and 11 to 14, when the guide protrusion 303 of the second housing 30 is moved to the sliding end position of the second housing 30, the sliding guide unit 400 And the sliding movement of the stopper is restricted and the guide protrusion 303 rotates. The guide protrusion 303 rotates and the second housing 30 rotates together.

4 and 12, the refracted link part 500 also rotates together, and the hinge coupling part 500b of the refracted link part 500 contacts the rotation part of the hinge part 600, (601). The refracted link portion 500 is drawn out from the inlet / outlet groove 203 formed inside the first housing 20.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, the second housing 30 is lifted after the sliding movement and is extended beyond the opening / closing area D1 of the first housing 20.

The first and second refraction parts 501 and 502 of the refracted link part 500 are rotated by the hinge part 600 and the second housing 30 is extended from the open / Respectively.

As shown in FIG. 12, the support portion 503 of the refracted link portion 500 supports the second refracting portion 502.

By opening and closing the second housing 30 so as to extend beyond the existing opening / closing area D1 of the first housing 20 when sliding and moving the second housing 30, the opening / closing area of the product can be widened.

In this state, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 14, when the user places the second housing 30 in its original position, the second housing 30 is rotated again to slide. At this time, the guide protrusion 303 of the second housing 30 is detached from the stopper rotation part 401 of the sliding guide part 400 and slides along the sliding guide part 400.

3 to 6, the refracted link part 500 also rotates together with the rotation hole 500a formed at one end of the refracted link part 500, and the rotation of the second housing 30 And the hinge coupling part 500b formed at the other end of the refracted link part 500 is rotated by the rotation part 601 of the hinge part 600. [

7 and 8, the second housing 30 slides again to face the first housing 20, and the first housing 20 is retracted from the first housing 20, Is inserted again into the attaching / detaching groove (302) formed inside the second housing (30).

At this time, the first and second refractive portions 501 and 502 of the refracted link portion 500 are inserted into the inlet / outlet grooves 203 formed in the first housing 20.

By configuring the refracted link portion 500 and the hinge portion 600 to be inserted into the housing, the product can be made slim and compact, and the number of parts can be reduced, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and the assembling process.

The above-described portable communication device mounting apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes may be made to various types of terminals (e.g., bar type, sliding type, and swing type terminals) This will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

First housing: 20 Second housing: 30
Sliding guide part: 400 Refracted link part: 500
Hinge section: 600

Claims (10)

And a second housing which is provided with a display device and which is slidably mounted after being slid while maintaining a state in which the display device faces the first housing, the apparatus comprising:
A sliding guide unit provided on the first housing and guiding the second housing to be slidable;
At least one refracting link provided between the first and second housings and rotating and rotating when the second housing is slidably moved after being slidably moved and opened and closed from the open / close region by refraction; And
And at least one hinge portion provided in the first housing and rotatably coupled to the refracted link portion and capable of rotating the refracted link portion when the second housing is slid and moved, A mounting device for a portable communication device.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sliding guide unit comprises a sliding groove to be slidably coupled with a guide protrusion formed at one end of the second housing,
Wherein the sliding guide portion is formed with a stopper rotation portion for restricting movement of the second housing from the sliding movement end position and for rotating the second housing.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the refracted link portion includes a first refracting portion for refracting the refracted link portion,
And a second refracting portion extending from the refraction direction of the first refracting portion to refract the refracted link portion.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a support portion for supporting the second refraction portion is formed between the first and second refraction portions.
The hinge unit according to claim 1, wherein one end of the refracted link unit is formed with a rotation hole to be rotatably coupled with the rotation connection unit provided in the second housing, and the other end is rotated together with the rotation unit provided in the hinge unit Wherein the hinge coupling portion is formed on the hinge portion.
The hinge unit according to claim 5, wherein the hinge unit comprises: a hinge cam having the rotation unit, the hinge cam having a curved surface formed on one surface thereof,
A hinge shaft for rotating the rotating portion in accordance with sliding contact between the mountain-like portion and the bone-shaped portions;
And a coil spring for pressing the other end of the hinge shaft so that the curved surfaces of the mountain-shaped portion and the bone-shaped portion come into sliding contact with each other, and one end thereof moves linearly with the hinge shaft.
[2] The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the refracted link portion has a lightning-like shape.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first housing has a seating groove for seating and fixing the hinge,
Wherein an inlet / outlet groove is formed at an adjacent position of the seating groove, the inlet / outlet groove extending / retracted to the inside of the first housing to enable rotation of the refracted link portion.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a detachable groove is formed on a rear surface of the second housing to detach the refracted link portion from the inside of the second housing.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the open / close area comprises a keypad or a display unit including a plurality of keys.

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