KR20060068243A - Mobile communication terminal equipped with push-push type opening and shutting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a push-push open / close device that allows the slide unit to automatically slide upward when the slide part of the mobile communication terminal is pushed downward and released in the slide type mobile communication terminal. will be.

The present invention is formed of a main body including a microphone for inputting an audio signal, a keypad for inputting characters or various symbols, and a structure slidable with respect to the main body, and outputting a function key for executing a special function, various information and an image. In the slide-type mobile communication terminal consisting of a slide unit including a display for performing, when the pressure is applied to the slide unit downward once, the slide unit is closed by closing the front part of the main body in a sliding manner, and if pressed once again the slide unit is It provides a mobile communication terminal having a push-pushing opening and closing device, characterized in that it comprises a slide opening and closing device of the main body upward opening.

According to the present invention, an elastic member such as a compression spring is used as a means of opening the slide part upwardly, and when the slide part is pushed downward once, the opening and closing device is locked, and when pressed once again, the push device is released. (Push Push) 'type opening and closing device to solve the hassle of opening and closing the slide manually and to prevent malfunction due to manual operation has the effect of more precisely operating the slide unit of the mobile communication terminal.

Mobile terminal, switchgear, push push

Description

Mobile Communication Terminal Equipped with Push-Push Type Opening and Shutting Apparatus}

1A and 1B are perspective views illustrating an opening and closing process of a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal,

2a is an exploded perspective view of a guide unit provided in a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal;

2B is an exploded perspective view of a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal including a guide unit;

3A is a rear view of a slide unit of a slide-type mobile communication terminal including a push-push opening and closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3B is a front view of a main body of a slide-type mobile communication terminal including a push-push opening and closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4A to 4E are flowcharts illustrating an operation of a slide type mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: conventional slide type mobile communication terminal

110: slide portion 120: main body

130: function key 140: display unit

150: keypad 200: guide portion

210: sliding member 215: leaf spring

220: first fixture 225: second fixture

230: bulge 235: ball

240: base plate 245: hole

250: hole 255: guide groove

260: guide plate 300: slide portion

310: first guide rail 312: second guide rail

314: locking groove 316: inclined protrusion

320: spring 325: guide portion

330: sliding member 350: main body

360: engaging pin 362: fixed shaft

364: locking projection 370: coupling member

380: keypad 385: microphone

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a push-pushing switch. More specifically, in the slide type mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a push-push type opening and closing device which allows the slide unit to automatically slide upward when the slide part of the mobile communication terminal is applied downward and then released. It is about.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an opening and closing process of a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal.

1A and 1B, a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal includes a main body including a microphone for inputting an acoustic signal, a keypad for inputting letters or various symbols, and a battery for power supply, and a main body for the main body. It is formed in a slidable structure, and has a function key for executing a special function, a display for outputting various information and images, and a slide unit including an earpiece for sound output and a camera for photographing a subject.

In addition, the slide unit and the main body includes a guide unit to allow the sliding movement. The guide part functions to slide the slide part to the main body in order to reduce the overall length of the mobile communication terminal so as to be portable when the mobile communication terminal is not in use.

2A is an exploded perspective view of a guide part provided in a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the guide part provided in the conventional slide type mobile communication terminal is attached to the first and second fixing members 220 and 225 for fixing the main body 120 of the mobile communication terminal. The slide member 110 and the main body 120 of the sliding member 210 and the support plate 240 for supporting the sliding member 210 and the guide hole 255 for guiding the sliding member 210 is The guide plate 260 is formed.

The guide plate 260 is a rectangular parallelepiped with one surface similar to the support plate 240, and includes a rectangular plane having a guide hole 255 formed at the center thereof and four vertical wall surfaces to maintain a constant height.

Between the leaf spring 215 and the support plate 240, there is a ridge 230 in which a portion of the leaf spring 215 is raised between the first and second fixing members 220 and 225 to insert the ball 235. Formed.

In addition, two holes 245 and 250 are formed on the bottom surface of the support plate 240 to be spaced apart from each other, so that the ball 235 is caught when the slide member 210 slides.

The supporting plate 240 is fixed to the slide unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal, and the first and second holders 220 and 225 are fixed to the slide unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal using screws.

In the conventional slide type mobile communication terminal, when the first slide unit 110 is closed, the ball 235 included in the slide member 210 is inserted into and fixed to the hole 250 located at the upper end of the guide plate 260. When opened, the ball 235 is inserted into and fixed to the hole 245 located at the lower end of the guide plate 260.

In addition, in order to open the slide unit 110 of the conventional slide-type mobile communication terminal, the user has to manually raise and lower the slide unit 110 to a desired position, and also by relying on the operation by the user. There was a problem that the operability and sophistication of the opening and closing are relatively inferior and malfunction.

Therefore, the present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, by using an elastic member such as a compression spring as a means for opening the slide portion upward of the main body, pressing the slide portion downward once to lock the opening and closing device again The purpose of the present invention is to solve the hassle of manually opening and closing the slide unit by providing a 'push push' type opening and closing device which is opened and closed.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a main body including a microphone for inputting an acoustic signal, a keypad for inputting characters or various symbols, and a structure slidable with respect to the main body, and a function key for executing a special function. In the slide-type mobile communication terminal comprising a slide unit including a display for outputting various types of information and images, when the slide unit is pressurized downward once, the slide unit is closed by closing the front part of the main body in a sliding manner. When pressed once, the slide unit provides a mobile communication terminal having a push-pushing opening and closing device, characterized in that it comprises a slide opening and closing device of the way that is opened upward of the main body.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3A illustrates a rear view of a slide unit of a slide type mobile communication terminal including a push push switch according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B illustrates a push push switch according to an embodiment of the present invention. A front view of a main body of a slide-type mobile communication terminal including a.

3A and 3B, the mobile communication terminal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a microphone 385, a keypad 380, a coupling member 370, a locking pin 360, and a battery. The main body 350 and the upper main body 350 are formed to be slidable, and function keys (not shown), displays (not shown), first and second guide rails 310 and 312, and locking grooves 314 are provided. The slide unit 300 includes a slanting protrusion 316 and a guide part 325.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a structure in which the locking pins 360 included in the main body 350 are coupled to the locking grooves 314 included in the slide unit 300. Pressing 300) downward once locks the switchgear with a 'click' sound and presses it once again to release the switchgear with a 'click' sound. Hereinafter, the opening and closing device of the structure, in which the opening and closing device is locked once and the pressing device is released once, as in the slide opening and closing device described above with reference to the present invention, will be referred to as a 'push push' type opening and closing device.

Push-push opening and closing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is the guide portion 325, the first and second guide rails (310, 312), the locking groove 314, the inclined protrusions included in the slide portion 300 316 and the locking pin 360 included in the main body 350 is configured.

The guide unit 325 serves to guide the slide unit 300 of the mobile communication terminal to be slidable with the main body 350 and includes a spring 300 and a sliding member 330.

The guide part 325 is located on the left and right sides of the rear surface of the slide part 300 and is combined with the main body 350 to become a path of the sliding motion between the slide part 300 and the main body 350 and also provides an elastic force for automatic opening. to provide.

The spring 320 provides an elastic force for the automatic opening of the slide unit 300. Usually, a compression spring is used, and inserted into the guide part 325 to push the sliding member 330 downward.

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)'형의 결착구를 포함하는 결합부재(370)와 결합하여 본체(350)와 슬라이드부(300)가 고정되도록 하고 있다.The sliding member 330 is coupled to the coupling member 370 of the main body 350 and moves downward along the guide part 325 by the spring 320 so that the main body 350 and the slide part 300 move relative to each other. As a result, the slide part 300 is opened upward of the main body 350. The sliding member 330 has a yaw (

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The main body 350 and the slide part 300 are fixed to each other by being coupled to the coupling member 370 including the coupling hole of the '' type.

The first and second guide rails 310 and 312 serve as a path through which the locking protrusion 364 included in the locking pin 360 moves. When the slide unit 300 moves up and down, the locking pin 360 has one side fixed to the main body 350 by the fixed shaft 362, so that only the locking protrusion 364, which is the other side of the locking pin 360, is the first. Or it moves along the second guide rail (310, 312).

The first guide rail 310 is a path in which the locking pin 360 is caught by the locking groove 314, that is, a path that is moved when the slide unit 300 is closed, and the second guide rail 312 is the locking pin 360. ) Is a path to move out of the locking groove 314, that is, when the slide unit 300 is opened.

The catching groove 314 is a place where the catching protrusion 364 formed on one side of the catching pin 360 moves along the first guide rail and is fixed, and the catching protrusion 364 is coupled thereto. As the locking protrusion 364 is coupled to the locking groove 314, the slide part 300 is closed by sliding over the main body 300.

The inclined protrusion 316 serves to guide the locking protrusion 364 of the locking pin 360 to move to the second guide rail 312. The protrusion shape of the inclined protrusion 316 includes an inclined portion in the direction of the second guide rail 312, so that the locking protrusion 364 formed on one side of the locking pin 360 is in the opposite direction to the first guide rail 310. It cannot move and moves in the forward direction of the second guide rail 312.

The locking pins 360 allow the slide unit 300 to be closed and fixed to the main body 350 together with the locking grooves 314. Referring to the enlarged portion of FIG. 3B, the locking pin 360 includes a fixed shaft 362 at one side, and is fixed to the main body 350, and the locking pin 360 is locked around the fixed shaft 362 by a kind of hinge structure. The pin 360 is rotatable. In addition, the locking pin 360 is formed with a locking projection 362 on the tile side of the opposite side of the projection forming the fixed shaft 362, the locking projection 362 is the first included in the slide portion 300 Or it is structured to move along the 2nd guide rail 310,312.

4A to 4E are flowcharts illustrating an operation of a slide type mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4E illustrate the shape of the rear surface of the mobile communication terminal, and the locking pin 360 and the guide part, which are major components in the operation, to more clearly indicate the operation process of the push-push type switchgear. 325, the remaining portions except for the first and second guide rails 310 and 312, and the like were treated with broken lines.

4A is a front view illustrating a shape in which the initial slide part 300 is opened upward of the main body 350.

The spring 320 of the guide part 325 is in the state of being fully tensioned, and the sliding member 330 is located at the lowermost end of the guide part 325. Accordingly, the slide unit 300 is open upward of the main body 350, and the engaging protrusion 364 of the engaging pin 360 included in the main body 350 is located at the lowermost end of the first guide rail 310. Will be located.

4B is a front view showing a state in which the slide unit 300 is once applied with downward pressure.

In the state in which the first slide 300 is opened in FIG. 4A, when the slide 300 is applied once in the arrow direction as shown in FIG. 4B, the slide 300 moves downward and the guide 325 of the guide unit 325 is moved. The spring 320 is in a state of being fully compressed so that the sliding member 330 is positioned at the top end of the guide portion 325. In addition, the locking protrusion 364 of the locking pin 360 included in the main body 300 moves along the first guide rail 310 to be positioned at the side of the inclined protrusion 316 which is the uppermost end of the first guide rail. At this time, the position of the slide unit 300 is a position that is slightly lower than the main body 350.

4C is a front view illustrating a shape in which the slide part 300 overlaps with the main body 350.

When the pressure is removed in the state illustrated in FIG. 4B, that is, when the pressure is applied to the slide unit 300 once, the slide unit 300 is upward again by the elastic force of the spring 320 included in the guide unit 325. Will move. At this time, the locking protrusion 364 included in the locking pin 360 moves to the locking groove 314 as shown in FIG. 4C, and the end of the first guide rail 310 is locked to the locking groove 314 to operate in this way. Ends at the top of the rail leading to). Therefore, the locking protrusion 364 moved along the first guide rail 310 is inserted into the locking groove 314 along the rail leading to the locking groove 314 when the pressure is released from the end of the first guide rail 310. The slide part 300 covers the front part of the main body 350.

4D is a front view illustrating a state in which the slide unit 300 is once applied with downward pressure.

As shown in FIG. 4C, when the locking protrusion 364 is once again pressed downward while the locking protrusion 364 is inserted into the locking groove 314, the locking protrusion 364 inserted into the locking groove 314. ) Moves in the direction of the second guide rail 312. The reason why the locking protrusion 364 moves in the direction of the second guide rail 312 without moving in the direction of the first guide rail 310 is that the inclined protrusion 316 is formed directly on the locking groove 314. Because. When the locking protrusion 364 that is released from the locking groove 314 contacts the inclined protrusion 316, the locking protrusion 364 moves in the direction of the second guide rail 312 along the inclined surface of the inclined protrusion 316.

4E is a front view illustrating a shape in which the slide unit 300 is opened upward of the main body 350.

When the pressure is released in the state of FIG. 4D, the sliding member 330 is pushed down to the lowermost end of the guide part 325 by the elastic force of the spring 320 in the guide part 325, as shown in FIG. 5E. 300 returns to the open state.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, an elastic member such as a compression spring is used as a means for opening the slide portion upward of the main body, and when the slide portion is pressed downward once, the opening and closing device is locked, and when pressed once again, the opening and closing device is pressed. It solves the trouble of manually opening and closing the slide part by providing a 'push push' type opening and closing device to be released, and there is an effect of manipulating the slide part of the mobile communication terminal more precisely by preventing malfunction due to manual operation.

Claims (6)

A main body including a microphone for inputting an acoustic signal, a keypad for inputting characters or various symbols, and a structure slidable with respect to the main body, a function key for executing various functions, a display for outputting various information and images In the slide-type mobile communication terminal comprising a slide unit comprising: When the slide unit is applied downward pressure once, the slide unit covers the front part of the main body in a sliding manner and closes, and when pressed once again, the slide part opening and closing device includes a method in which the slide part opens upward of the main body. A mobile communication terminal having a push-type switchgear. According to claim 1, The slide opening and closing device, A locking pin including a locking protrusion on one side and a fixed shaft on the other side; A guide rail which is a path through which the locking protrusion formed on one side of the locking pin moves; A locking groove into which the locking protrusion moved along the guide rail is inserted so that the slide portion overlaps with the main body; And Guide portion including an elastic member for providing an elastic force for opening the slide portion and a sliding member in contact with the lower portion of the elastic member and including a binding hole for engaging with the main body Mobile communication terminal having a push-pushing opening and closing device comprising a. The method of claim 2, The fixed shaft is a mobile communication terminal having a push-push type opening and closing device, characterized in that the engaging projection is coupled to the main body to perform the arc-shaped movement. The method of claim 2, The locking projection is a mobile communication terminal having a push-push opening and closing device, characterized in that formed on the tile side of the locking pin relative to the fixed shaft, and moved along the guide rail. The method of claim 2, The elastic member is a mobile communication terminal having a push-push opening and closing device, characterized in that the compression spring. The method of claim 2, The binding hole included in the sliding member is a mobile communication terminal having a push-push type opening and closing device, characterized in that coupled to the main body including an uneven groove.

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