KR200327970Y1 - Terminal device of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal, the portable terminal equipped with a connection terminal mechanism for exchanging data by connecting to an external device, the connection terminal mechanism is USB (USB) having irregularities (철) By including the USS terminal having a positive unevenness that can be inserted into the port, by allowing a simple connection without using a separate data cable for connecting to an external device equipped with the USB port in general recently Provided is a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal that enables convenient data exchange.

Description

Connection terminal mechanism of portable terminal {TERMINAL DEVICE OF MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal to enable direct connection with an external device having a connection terminal for convenient data communication with an external device.

As a portable terminal, a bar type, a flip type, a folding type, and a slide type are used. Hereinafter, the portable terminal will be described with reference to the most widely used folding type portable terminal.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a conventional portable terminal, and as shown in the drawing, the portable terminal includes a main body 10 and a folder portion formed to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism 30 on one side thereof. 20).

The main body portion 10 includes a keypad 11 composed of a plurality of buttons for inputting information on the front surface thereof, a main body casing 12 formed to surround a circuit portion formed for communication control of a portable terminal, and a main body casing ( Battery 13 charged and discharged to be detachably attached to the rear of the 12, the antenna 14 formed on the upper end of the main body casing 12 for wireless transmission and reception, and the lower end of the main body casing 12 to exchange data by wire It comprises a connection terminal 15 formed in the, and the talker 16 for transmitting a voice during a call.

Here, the connection terminal 15 is formed to exchange data with a device such as an external personal computer (PC), one end of which is inserted into the connection terminal 15 of the portable terminal and the other end of the external terminal. A separate cable formed to be inserted into and connected to the connecting terminal of the device is formed to exchange data by inserting both ends of each terminal.

In addition, the folder unit 20 is a liquid crystal screen 21 for inputting information using a keypad 11 or a message reception content is displayed by numbers or letters, and a folder unit casing formed to surround the liquid crystal screen 21. And a receiver 23 formed so as to convert a call voice from an electrical signal so that voice can be heard.

Although portable terminals have been used for wireless voice communication, recent portable terminals have been configured to be utilized by users by storing many kinds of data such as music, images, address books, etc. due to the complexity diversification of their functions. have. In addition, data stored in the portable terminal may be connected to an external device such as a personal computer to exchange data from the portable terminal to the external device or vice versa.

However, in the conventional portable terminal configured as described above, in order to exchange data by connecting to an external device such as a personal computer, it is necessary to use a separate data cable to which both the external device and the connection terminal 15 of the portable terminal can be combined and connected. There was a hassle. Furthermore, in the future, in the case of portable terminals, in addition to the wireless communication function, an increasing number of flash memory chips are used in the future, separate data in terms of the frequency of data exchange and the necessity of convenient connection are further increased. The inconvenience of using cables will be even greater.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, for convenient data communication with an external device to connect directly to an external device formed with a connection terminal, in particular a USB terminal widely used due to the high transmission speed It is an object of the present invention to provide a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a conventional portable terminal

2 to 4 is a view showing the configuration of the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a portable terminal from which the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal is extracted from the inside of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a portable terminal in which the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal of FIG. 2 is inserted into the portable terminal;

4 is a conceptual perspective view schematically showing the main configuration of the inside of the portable terminal to explain the operation of the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal of FIG.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

150: connection terminal mechanism 151: operation switch

153: rack gear 154: pinion gear

155: drive motor

The present invention is a portable terminal equipped with a connection terminal mechanism for exchanging data by connecting to an external device, in order to achieve the object as described above,

The connection terminal mechanism provides a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal, comprising a USS terminal having positive unevenness that can be inserted into a USB port having negative unevenness. .

This is because the mobile terminal is equipped with a USB terminal having a positive unevenness corresponding to a USB unused port having a general unevenness for universal data communication with an external device such as a personal computer. This is to directly connect with an external device so that data can be exchanged without using a separate data cable.

In addition, the connection terminal mechanism is preferably configured to be ejected from the inside of the portable terminal when in use, and to be inserted into the inside of the portable terminal when not in use. This is to prevent contamination due to exposure of the connection terminal mechanism to the outside, and to facilitate the portability of the portable terminal equipped with the connection terminal mechanism.

And it is effective to further comprise a command switch for commanding insertion and withdrawal of the connection terminal mechanism.

In addition, the connection terminal mechanism is preferably extracted from the inside of the portable terminal by the rack gear and the pinion gear, and inserted into the portable terminal.

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

However, in describing the present invention, a detailed description of a known function or configuration will be omitted to clarify the gist of the present invention. Incidentally, the same or equivalent components as those described above are given the same or equivalent reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 to 4 is a view showing the configuration of the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention from the inside of the portable terminal 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the extracted mobile terminal, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the portable terminal in which the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal of FIG. 2 is inserted into the portable terminal, and FIG. 4 is a connection of the portable terminal of FIG. It is a conceptual perspective view briefly showing the main configuration inside the portable terminal to explain the operation of the terminal mechanism.

As shown in the figure, a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a USB terminal having positive unevenness is inserted into the USB port having negative unevenness (USB) port is coupled 150, an FPC 152 serving as a connection medium for receiving data from an external device and transmitting data from an internal circuit unit of the portable terminal to the external device, and the USB terminal 150 using a main body casing of the portable terminal ( 12) an operation switch 151 which commands to be ejected from and inserted into the drive unit; a drive motor 155 that rotates in the forward or reverse direction according to the insertion and ejection of the USB terminal when a command is issued from the operation switch 151; The pinion gear 154 rotates together with the rotation of the 155 and the rack gear 153 engaged with the pinion gear 154 to linearly move, and a UBS terminal is coupled to the end thereof. It consists of a.

The USB terminal 150 has four pins such as a ground (GND) pin and two data (DATA +, DATA-) pins formed as a contact between a pin for supplying power (PWR) and a ground. As a terminal consisting of, can be directly coupled with the USB terminal formed in the external device, is formed to be extracted from the inside of the portable terminal and inserted into the portable terminal.

The connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal configured as described above, when the user wants to eject the USB terminal 150 from the portable terminal, presses the operation switch 151. Referring to FIG. 4, the driving motor 155 is counterclockwise. The pinion gear 154 rotates in a counterclockwise direction as well as rotates, and the rack gear 153 meshing with the pinion gear 154 moves to the right. At this time, since the UBS terminal 150 is coupled to the end of the rack gear, as the rack gear 153 moves to the right, the UBS terminal 150 also moves to the right, and is extracted from the portable terminal to the outside.

Similarly, when the user wants to insert the USB terminal 150 into the portable terminal, when the operation switch 151 is pressed in the extracted state, the driving motor 155 rotates clockwise based on FIG. 4. The pinion gear 154 which rotates integrally with the drive motor 155 also rotates clockwise, and the rack gear 153 meshed with the pinion gear 154 moves to the left. At this time, since the USB gear 150 is coupled to the end of the rack gear, the USB gear 150 is moved to the left as the rack gear 153 moves to the left, thereby being inserted into the portable terminal from the outside.

When exchanging data with an external device by using the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal as described above, the USS terminal 150 is operated by the operation switch 151 so that the USB terminal 150 is output to the outside of the portable terminal. By directly inserting the USB terminal 150 having positive unevenness to the port, the user can conveniently exchange data.

In the above described a preferred embodiment of the present invention by way of example, the scope of the present invention is not limited only to this specific embodiment, it can be appropriately changed within the scope described in the claims.

As described above, the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal is constituted by including the UBS terminal having positive unevenness inserted into and coupled to the UBS port having negative irregularities widely used in the connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal. By this, it is possible to easily exchange data by simply combining without using a separate connection data cable with an external device equipped with a universal USB port in recent years, inserting the USB terminal into the inside of the portable terminal, The present invention provides a connection terminal mechanism of a portable terminal, which is configured to be able to extract the portable terminal, thereby facilitating the portability of the portable terminal.

Claims (4)

In a portable terminal equipped with a connection terminal mechanism for exchanging data by connecting to an external device, And the connecting terminal mechanism comprises a USS terminal having positive unevenness that can be inserted into a USB port having negative unevenness. The method of claim 1, The connection terminal mechanism of the portable terminal is configured to be ejected from the inside of the portable terminal when in use, and to be inserted into the inside of the portable terminal when not in use. The method of claim 2, And a command switch for instructing insertion and withdrawal of the connection terminal mechanism. The method of claim 2, The connecting terminal mechanism is extracted from the inside of the portable terminal by the rack gear and the pinion gear, the connecting terminal mechanism of the portable terminal, characterized in that inserted into the inside of the portable terminal.