KR20060074247A - Mobile communication terminal having a hinge device able to avoid crashing the folding cover into the antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal such as a swivel-type mobile phone, a portable wireless terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., to which the main body and the folder cover are folded and rotatably connected, and more particularly, when the folder cover is opened and rotated. A mobile communication terminal having a hinge device to which an antenna and an interference prevention function are provided when a folder cover is rotated, which is suitable for preventing scratches from being caught by an antenna and preventing inconvenience in using a terminal.

In the present invention, there is provided a rotating hinge coupled to the hinge portion of the main body and the folder cover, and a rotating hinge axis rotatably connected to the rotating hinge body and extending toward the folder cover, wherein the folder cover is folded with respect to the main body. And a swivel-type mobile communication terminal rotatably connected, the casing being fixed to the inside of the folder cover; A guide integrally formed at an end of the rotation hinge shaft to be coupled to the casing to enable left and right sliding movements; An elastic member interposed between the casing and the guide to maintain the center of the folder cover in a first position coinciding with the center of the main body when no external force is applied to the folder cover; In the case of pushing in the opposite direction, the casing and the folder cover can be moved to the second position to avoid the interference with the antenna by overcoming the elastic force of the elastic member to avoid the interference with the antenna. When the force is removed, by the restoring force of the elastic member, the casing and the folder cover is returned to the first position coinciding with the center of the main body, characterized in that the hinge device is provided with the antenna and interference prevention function when rotating the folder cover A mobile communication terminal is provided.

Swivel, hinge, folder, rotary, antenna, interference, mobile phone, terminal

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a hinge device able to avoid crashing the folding cover into the antenna}             

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional swivel hinge type mobile communication terminal.

2A to 2C show a mobile communication terminal in which a hinge device according to the present invention is installed, and FIG. 2A is a plan view showing a state of a normal (first position), and FIG. 2B is a state in which a folder cover is moved in an opposite direction to an antenna. It is a top view of (2nd position), and FIG. 2C is a perspective view seen from the side of FIG. 2B.

3A and 3B are exploded perspective views showing the structure of the hinge apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention as viewed from different directions.

Figures 4a and 4b is a view showing the operation of the hinge device according to the moving state of the folder cover in the present invention, Figure 4a is a form of the hinge device in the usual (first position) the folder cover is not moved, Figure 4b is a view showing the shape of the hinge device in a state where the folder cover is moved (second position) to avoid interference with the antenna.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: main body 12: hinge portion

20: folder cover 22: hinge portion

30: rotating hinge 35: rotating hinge axis

200: casing 210: fixed part

211: screw through hole 212: guide groove

220: passage portion 221: long groove

230: insertion groove 240: buffer protrusion

300: guide 301: guide projection

310: receiving portion 400: elastic member

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal such as a swivel-type mobile phone, a portable wireless terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., to which the main body and the folder cover are folded and rotatably connected, and more particularly, when the folder cover is opened and rotated. A mobile communication terminal having a hinge device to which an antenna and an interference prevention function are provided when a folder cover is rotated, which is suitable for preventing scratches from being caught by an antenna and preventing inconvenience in using a terminal.

Mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, portable wireless terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and the like, can be folded (swivel), swivel (swivel) and slide terminals according to the opening / closing type of the folder cover. have.

The dual swivel type mobile communication terminal is a so-called 'rotary' type, and has a structure in which a folder cover is foldable to the main body and rotatable to the main body.

The form of the swivel-type mobile communication terminal or the hinge form of the folder cover is, as disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0342537, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0355892, etc. 'Swivel hinge (or rotary hinge)' made of a form connected to the main body, the folder cover can be folded (rotating) or rotated (rotating) in the open state, simply folder Compared to the folding type mobile communication terminal which can rotate the cover, it provides convenience to the user.

1 is a perspective view showing a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, abbreviated as 'terminal') to which the swivel hinge is applied. In the swivel-type terminal, the folder cover 20 is rotated with respect to the main body 10. 30) and the rotary hinge shaft 35 is connected.

Therefore, by the action of the rotation hinge shaft 30, the folder cover 20 can be rotated again while being opened in a folded manner with respect to the main body 10.

However, in this conventional swivel hinge type mobile communication terminal, in order to rotate the folder cover 20, it has to be rotated in advance before the folder cover 20 is completely opened. The reason is that when the folder cover 20 is rotated while the folder cover 20 is completely opened, the side end of the folder cover 20 is indicated by the portion 'A' of FIG. It is because the rotation is impossible.

As such, when the side end portion of the folder cover 20 hits the antenna 40, not only the exterior of the folder cover 20 may be scratched and scratched, but also the folder cover must be rotated in a less open state to use the terminal. This will be inconvenient.

The present invention was developed in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to configure the folder cover to move in the opposite direction to the antenna, thereby preventing interference with the antenna even when the folder cover is rotated in a fully open state. By doing so, the side end of the folder cover is caught by the antenna to cause scratches or to make the terminal more convenient to use.

The object of the present invention described above includes a pivoting hinge coupled to a hinge portion of a main body and a folder cover, and a rotation hinge axis rotatably connected to the pivoting hinge and extending toward the folder cover, wherein the folder cover includes: A swivel type mobile communication terminal foldable and rotatably connected to a main body, the mobile communication terminal comprising: a casing fixed inside the folder cover; A guide integrally formed at an end of the rotation hinge shaft to be coupled to the casing to enable left and right sliding movements; An elastic member interposed between the casing and the guide to maintain the center of the folder cover in a first position coinciding with the center of the main body when no external force is applied to the folder cover; In the case of pushing in the opposite direction, the casing and the folder cover can be moved to the second position to avoid the interference with the antenna by overcoming the elastic force of the elastic member to avoid the interference with the antenna. When the force is removed by the restoring force of the elastic member, the casing and the folder cover is returned to the first position coinciding with the center of the main body, characterized in that the hinge device is provided with the antenna and interference prevention function when rotating the folder cover By providing a mobile communication terminal.

In the present invention described above, the casing has a fixing portion fixed to both sides of the folder cover in the transverse direction on both sides thereof, and one side opening passage connecting the two fixing portions, the guide of the casing The left and right sliding movements are inserted into the passage part to guide the left and right sliding movements of the casing, and one side of the passage part of the casing passes through the rotary hinge shaft with the guides. It is preferable to form a long groove.

In the present invention described above, in order to prevent the separation of the casing and the guide and to guide the left and right sliding movement of the casing, guides are formed on both sides of the guide, and the guide is formed on one side of the casing. The protrusion may form a guide groove into which the left and right sliding movements are inserted.

In the present invention, the elastic member is made of a compression spring is interposed between the casing and the guide at a position adjacent to the antenna, the elastically pressurized the casing toward the antenna with respect to the guide to the center of the folder case of the main body It is preferable to keep it in the first position coinciding with the center.

Here, for the stable installation of the elastic member consisting of the compression spring, one side of the casing may form an insertion shaft into which one end of the compression spring is fitted, the guide may be formed with the compression spring receiving portion.

In the present invention described above, at least one buffering protrusion may be formed at both sides of the casing so as to buffer contact with the end of the guide when the casing moves to the first position and the second position, respectively.

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

2A to 2C show a mobile communication terminal provided with a hinge device according to the present invention. FIG. 2A is a plan view showing a normal state, and FIG. 2B is a plan view of a state in which a folder cover is moved in an opposite direction to an antenna. 2C shows a perspective view from the side of FIG. 2B.

As shown in Figures 2a to 2c, the hinge device according to the present invention (100), and the rotating hinge body 30 is coupled to the hinge portion 12, 22 of the main body 10 and the folder cover 20 and In the conventional swivel-type hinge having a rotating hinge shaft 35 rotatably connected to the pivoting hinge 30 and extending toward the folder cover 20, extending toward the folder cover 20. The casing 200 and the guide 300 is formed on the end of the rotating hinge shaft 35 is formed.

Here, the casing 200 is fixed to the folder cover 20, the guide 300 is fixed to the end of the rotary hinge shaft 35, the casing 200 and the guide 300 is sliding each other The movement is coupled to one another.

2A shows that the casing 200 and the guide 300 do not move in the left and right directions in the drawing, but maintain the initial normal state so that the center of the folder cover 20 and the main body 10 may be maintained. The center shows a coincidence. This position will be described as 'first position'.

In addition, in the accompanying drawings, in FIG. 2B, when the folder cover 20 is pushed in the direction opposite to the antenna 40 (left side in the drawing), the casing 200 is slid to the left along with the folder cover 20 to allow the folder to slide. The state which moved the side end part of the cover 20 to the position which can avoid the interference with the antenna 40 is shown.

As described above, in the state in which the folder cover 20 is moved in the opposite direction to the antenna, as shown in FIG. 2C, the folder cover 20 is located at a point where the antenna 40 is separated from the rotation radius of the folder cover 20, and thus the folder cover 20 is located. ) And the antenna 40 do not occur. This position will be described as 'second position'.

3A and 3B, an exploded perspective view of the hinge apparatus 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in a state viewed from different directions, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the hinge device 100 of the present invention, as described above, rotates on the casing 200 installed inside the folder cover 20 and the pivoting hinge 30. And a guide 300 integrally formed at an end of the rotatable hinge shaft 35 which is possibly connected.

The guide 300 is coupled to the left and right sliding movement inside the casing 200, and maintains the folder cover 20 in a first position between the casing 200 and the guide 300. An elastic member 400 for interposing is provided.

Therefore, when the folder cover 20, that is, the casing 200 is pushed in the direction opposite to the antenna, the elastic force of the elastic member 400 is overcome and the casing 200 and the folder cover 20 move in the direction opposite to the antenna. It can be moved to the second position to avoid the interference with the antenna.

After removing the pushing force of the folder cover 20 after the movement, the casing 200 and the folder cover 20 are returned to the first position by the restoring force of the elastic member 400, the folder cover 20 and the main body (10) coincides.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the casing 200 has a fixing portion 210 on both sides thereof, and has a side opening passage portion 220 for connecting between the two fixing portions 210. In the form of The fixing part 210 is a part for fixing to both sides of the lateral direction of the folder cover 20, for this purpose, a screw through hole 211 is formed in the fixing part 210.

The guide 300 is inserted into the passage portion 220 of the casing 200 to enable left and right sliding movement. Here, the guide 300, the rotating hinge shaft 35 and the pivoting hinge 30 can not move in the left and right directions to the hinge portion 12, 22 of the main body 10 and the folder cover 20. Since it is installed in a state, the casing 200 is slid left and right with respect to the guide 300, so that the folder cover 20 is moved left and right.

Here, as the guide 300 is inserted into the passage part 220, the rotating hinge shaft 35 having the guide 300 on one side of the passage part 220 of the casing 200. This will pass. The long groove 221 for the rotary hinge shaft 35 to pass through is formed in the passage part 220 of the casing 200 with an allowable width in left and right directions, so that the left and right sides of the casing 200 are left and right. Enable movement

And, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the guide protrusions 301 are formed on both sides of the guide 300, the guide protrusion 301 on one side of the casing 200 can be moved left and right. Guide grooves 212 are fitted to be formed. The casing 200 and the guide protrusion 301 and the guide groove 212 of the guide 300 prevent the separation of the casing 200 and the guide 300 and at the same time the casing 200 is the guide The 300 serves to guide the left and right sliding smoothly.

In addition, in the embodiment shown in the figure, the elastic member 400 is made of a compression spring is interposed between the casing 200 and the guide 300 at a position adjacent to the antenna. For the stable installation of the elastic member 400 made of such a compression spring, an insertion shaft 230 to which one end of the elastic member 400 is fitted is formed at one side of the casing 200, and the guide 300 The compression spring receiving portion 310 is formed.

And, both sides of the casing 200 is formed with a buffer protrusion 240 for contacting each of the both ends of the guide 300. The buffer protrusion 240 has a curved shape, has elasticity, and is formed at least one on each side of the casing 200. The shock absorbing protrusion 240 allows the casing 200 to elastically contact both ends of the guide 300 when the casing 200 is moved to the first position and the second position, thereby absorbing shock and allowing a smooth operation. .

The operation of the present invention made as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B.

4A is a view showing the shape of the hinge device 100 when the main body 10 and the folder cover 20 are in a first position, that is, a position coinciding with each other, and FIG. 4B shows an antenna. In order to avoid interference with the main body 10 is shown a view showing the shape of the hinge device 100 in a state in which the folder cover 20 is moved in the opposite direction to the antenna.

First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the centers of the main body 10 and the folder cover 20 coincide in the first position. At this time, if the folder cover 20 is rotated while the folder cover 20 is completely open, the side end of the folder cover 20 is caught by the antenna 40 as shown in FIG.

In this first position, no external force acts on the folder cover 20. The rotating hinge 30 and the rotating hinge shaft 35 are always fixed at the same position. Therefore, the elastic member 400 maintains the state in which it is expanded as much as possible by its restoring force, and accordingly, the inner end of the receiving portion 301 of the guide 300 becomes the support surface and pushes the casing 200 to the right in the drawing. .

Therefore, the casing 200 maintains the state in which the folder cover 20 integrated with the casing 200 is moved to the right in the figure. In addition, accordingly, the left end of the guide 300 is maintained in elastic contact with the elastic projection 240 of the casing 200, the long groove 221 of the casing 200 also moves to the right to the left Part of the rotation hinge shaft 35 is in a state of being removed, and also maintains a state that the guide projection 301 of the guide 300 also enters the inside of the guide groove 212 of the casing 200 as much as possible.

In the first position where the center of the main body 10 and the center of the folder cover 20 coincide with each other, when the folder cover 20 is opened and rotated, as shown in FIG. To avoid interference, push the folder cover 20 to the left in the drawing. Then, the casing 200 fixed to the folder cover 20 moves to the left together.

At this time, the guide groove 212 of the casing 200 slides the guide protrusion 301 of the guide 300 to the left side, and the long groove 221 also moves to the left side so that the rotary hinge shaft 35 is the long groove. It is located to the right of 221.

In particular, when the casing 200 is moved to the left side, the right end of the guide 300 is moved until it touches the elastic protrusion 240 formed on the right side of the casing 200, the elastic in this process Compression of the member 400 occurs.

As the casing 200 moves to the left with respect to the guide 300 as described above, the folder cover 20 maintains the state moved away from the antenna. Therefore, when the folder cover 20 is rotated in this state, the side of the folder cover 20 can be freely rotated without touching or hitting the antenna 40 as described above with reference to FIG. 2C.

In the above, the configuration of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has been described in detail as a specific embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, but this is only one preferred embodiment, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention as described above can be variously modified and equivalent other embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention, such modifications and equivalent other embodiments are It goes without saying that it belongs to the appended claims of the invention.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a swivel hinge type mobile communication terminal including a known rotating hinge and a rotating hinge shaft, and including a guide on the rotating hinge shaft and a guide on a folder cover side. With a structure that combines the casing capable of relative movement in the left and right with respect to the, the folder cover can be moved in the opposite direction to the antenna.

Accordingly, the folder cover can be rotated while the folder cover is moved in the opposite direction to the antenna with the folder cover fully open, so that the folder cover can be freely rotated without the conventional phenomenon that the side end portion of the folder cover touches or is caught by the antenna. .

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the problem that the side end of the folder cover is caught by the antenna and the scratch is generated, and even when the folder cover is completely open, the folder cover can be freely rotated without being caught by the antenna. It becomes convenient.

Claims (6)

A rotating hinge coupled to the hinge portion of the main body and the folder cover, and a rotating hinge axis rotatably connected to the rotating hinge body and extending toward the folder cover, so that the folder cover can be folded and rotated relative to the main body. In the swivel type mobile communication terminal to be connected, A casing fixed to the inside of the folder cover; A guide integrally formed at an end of the rotation hinge shaft to be coupled to the casing to enable left and right sliding movements; An elastic member interposed between the casing and the guide to maintain the center of the folder cover in a first position corresponding to the center of the main body when no external force is applied to the folder cover; When the folder cover is pushed in the direction opposite to the antenna, the elastic force of the elastic member is overcome so that the casing and the folder cover can be moved to the second position to avoid interference with the antenna by moving in the direction opposite to the antenna. After the force of pushing the folder cover is removed, the casing and the folder cover are returned to the first position corresponding to the center of the main body by the restoring force of the elastic member. Mobile terminal having a hinged device. The method of claim 1, The casing includes a fixing part fixed to both sides of the folder cover in both sides thereof, and an open side passage part connecting the two fixing parts to both sides thereof. The guide is inserted to enable the left and right sliding movement inside the passage part of the casing to guide the left and right sliding movement of the casing. One side of the casing passage portion is formed with a long groove through which the rotating hinge axis provided with the guide so as to move left and right is formed, the movement of the hinge device is provided with the antenna and interference prevention function when the folder cover is rotated. Communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In order to prevent separation of the casing and the guide and at the same time to guide the left and right sliding movement of the casing, guide protrusions are formed on both sides of the guide, and the guide protrusion is left and right sliding on one side of the casing. A mobile communication terminal having a hinge device to which an antenna and an interference prevention function are provided when the folder cover is rotated, the guide groove being formed to be inserted therein. The method of claim 1, The elastic member is composed of a compression spring interposed between the casing and the guide at a position adjacent to the antenna, the first position in which the center of the folder case coincides with the center of the main body by elastically pressing the casing toward the antenna with respect to the guide. And a hinge device to which an antenna and an interference prevention function are imparted when the folder cover is rotated. The method of claim 4, wherein In order to stably install the elastic member made of the compression spring, one side of the casing is formed with an insertion shaft into which one end of the compression spring is fitted, and the compression spring receiving portion is formed in the guide. A mobile communication terminal having a hinge device to which an antenna and an interference prevention function are applied. The method according to claim 1 or 2, At least one buffering protrusion is formed on both sides of the casing, each of which has one or more buffer protrusions configured to bufferly contact the end of the guide when the casing moves to the first position and the second position. A mobile communication terminal having a hinge device to which an interference prevention function is given.

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