KR20090019170A

KR20090019170A - Portable communication device

Info

Publication number: KR20090019170A
Application number: KR1020070083406A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 조정섭
Original assignee: 삼성전자주식회사
Priority date: 2007-08-20
Filing date: 2007-08-20
Publication date: 2009-02-25

Abstract

A portable communication device is provided to reduce abrasion and a dust, and to decrease a mounting space of first and second shafts and a connection member according to the sliding movement of a sliding housing by connecting the sliding housing and the connecting housing having the first and second shafts and a connection member. A first shaft(105) is received in a connecting housing(101). A second shaft(106) is arranged in parallel to the first shaft. The second shaft is received and fixed in a sliding housing(103). A first fixing member and a second fixing member are coupled to one end and the other end of the second shaft respectively. The first and second fixing members fix the second shaft in the sliding housing. A first shaft is inserted into a penetration hole(161a). The first fixing member is positioned on the first shaft. A connection member(107) is fixed in the connecting housing. The connection member is coupled to one end of the first shaft. The connection member is arranged in the second shaft. The connection member moves slidingly along the second shaft. The sliding housing moves slidingly along the length of the connecting housing.

Description

Portable communication device {PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a portable communication device, and more particularly, to a portable communication device that can conveniently use various mobile communication services.

Typically, portable communication devices are classified into bar type, flip type, and folder type terminals according to their appearance.

The bar communication device is a type in which a data input / output means, a transmitter, and a receiver are mounted in a main body housing, and a keypad, which is a data input means, is always exposed, which may cause malfunctions. There is a limit to miniaturization due to the distance securing problem.

The flip type communication device is composed of a main body, a flip, and a hinge module that connects the main body and a flip. The main body is provided with data input / output means, a transmitter and a receiver, and the flip covers a keypad that is a data input means. This configuration can be prevented. However, the flip type communication device also has a limitation in miniaturization due to the distance securing problem between the transmitter and the receiver.

Folder-type communication device is composed of a main body, a folder, and a hinge module for rotatably connecting the main body and a folder, and are opened and closed as the folder rotates. In the call standby mode, the folder is in close contact with the main body to prevent malfunction of the keypad. In addition, since the folder is opened in the call mode to sufficiently secure the distance between the transmitter and the receiver, there is an advantage in miniaturization. In addition, a sliding communication device in which a pair of housings are slidably coupled has emerged. This is a structure in which one housing is slidingly moved to open a part of the other housing while the pair of housings overlap.

On the other hand, the mobile communication service using a portable communication device was initially limited to voice calls and short message transmission, but is gradually expanding to entertainment services such as games, cartoons, ringtones, multimedia services, video, video on demand, and the like. In particular, recently, services such as digital multimedia broadcast (DMB) and wireless broadband internet (wibro) have become available through portable communication devices. There is a need for a data input / output device corresponding to an interface environment corresponding to the interface environment of the new mobile communication service.

However, the conventional portable communication device is suitable for data input or confirmation in an initial mobile communication service, but has a problem in that it is inconvenient for data input or confirmation in an increasingly multimedia environment. Accordingly, there is a demand for a keypad provided with a large number of keys and a wide display device that can easily check contents. At this time, there is a problem in that the portable communication device becomes large while placing a large number of keys, thereby making it inconvenient to carry.

The present invention seeks to provide a portable communication device having a wide display device while installing many keys.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a portable communication device that is portable by implementing a miniaturization.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a portable communication device for smoothly implementing the opening and closing operation.

The present invention provides a connecting housing; A cover housing provided with a display unit and connected to the connecting housing by a hinge unit; A sliding housing coupled to the connecting housing and slidingly moving along a length direction of the connecting housing; And a folding housing foldable connected to the sliding housing by a keyboard hinge portion, wherein the sliding housing and the folding housing slide with respect to the connecting housing while the cover housing is openly identifiable. A portable communication device is disclosed.

In addition, a first keyboard installed on one surface of the sliding housing; And a second keyboard installed on one surface of the folding housing, wherein the first and second keyboards face each other while the folding housing is folded to the sliding housing, and the folding housing is separated from the sliding housing. Disclosed are a portable communication device in which the first and second keyboards are arranged side by side on the same plane.

In addition, a first shaft accommodated in the connecting housing; A second shaft disposed in parallel with the first shaft and accommodated in the sliding housing; And a connection member disposed on the first and second shafts and fixed to the connecting housing and slidingly moving along the second shaft.

In addition, a first fixing member for fixing one end of the second shaft to the sliding housing; A second fixing member for fixing the other end of the second shaft to the sliding housing; And a connection hole formed through the connection member to insert the second shaft, wherein the connection member is disposed on the second shaft through the connection hole, and the first and second fixing members. Disclosed is a portable communication device that slides in between.

The apparatus may further include a through hole through which the first shaft is inserted to penetrate the first fixing member, and as the connecting member slides along the second shaft, the first shaft slides through the through hole. A mobile portable communication device is disclosed.

Further, when the connecting member is in close proximity to the first fixing member, the keyboard hinge portion discloses a portable communication device which moves to be disposed at the center of the connecting housing.

Further, the connection member discloses a portable communication device made of polyacetal.

The portable communication device according to the present invention includes a connecting housing, a cover housing provided with a display unit, a sliding housing sliding along a longitudinal direction of the connecting housing, and a folding housing foldable in the sliding housing, whereby the sliding housing and the folding housing are folded or unfolded. As a result, a large number of keys can be installed and a wide display unit can be provided, thereby miniaturizing. In particular, the sliding housing and the folding housing have been deployed to provide a QWERTY key arrangement to be disposed on the same plane to realize convenient input.

The connecting housing and the sliding housing are connected with the first and second shafts and the connecting member. In addition, the connecting member is made of polyacetal having excellent durability. As a result, the sliding housing reduces the mounting space of the first and second shafts and the connection member due to the sliding movement, and reduces wear and dust generation.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view showing a portable communication device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cover housing 102 of the portable communication device 100 shown in FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a sliding housing 103 and a folding housing 104 of the portable communication device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 disposed on the same plane, and FIG. 4 is a portable illustrated in FIG. 3. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which the sliding housing 103 of the communication device 100 was slid. 1 to 4, the portable electronic device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface suitable for a multimedia environment, provides a wide display unit, and at the same time, is miniaturized to provide convenience of portability. to provide. The portable communication device 100 has two collapsible keyboards. In addition, in the folded state, one keyboard is rotated and unfolded to be operated, and the other keyboard is slid and moved separately from one keyboard.

The portable communication device 100 includes a connecting housing 101, a cover housing 102, a sliding housing 103, and a folding housing 104.

The connecting housing 101 is connected to the cover housing 102 and the sliding housing 103. As a result, the cover housing 102 is rotatable about the first rotation axis A1, and the sliding housing 103 is slidably moved in the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101.

The cover housing 102 is connected to the connecting housing 101 by a hinge portion 125 to be rotatable about the first rotational axis A1, and rotates about the first rotational axis A1. Accordingly, the portable electronic device 100 is opened and closed, and the cover housing 102 includes a display unit 121 and a camera lens housing 123.

The display unit 121 is mounted on an inner surface of the cover housing 102 and is configured of various types of display elements such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a thin film transistor (TFT) and provides image information. . When the display unit 121 is identifiably exposed by the rotation of the cover housing 102, the display unit 121 displays status information, data transmission / reception information, content of a received short message, and the like. In addition, the display unit 121 may display image information such as a moving picture, video on demand, and digital multimedia broadcasting according to an operation mode of the portable communication device 100.

The camera lens housing 123 is rotatably disposed on the cover housing 102, and the lens may be disposed to face the inner or outer surface of the cover housing 102 according to the rotation thereof.

The sliding housing 103 is connected to the connecting housing 101 and installed perpendicular to the cover housing 102, and slides along a length direction of the connecting housing 101, that is, in a direction of the first rotation axis A1. Move. In addition, a first keyboard 131 having a plurality of keys arranged on one surface of the sliding housing 103 is installed.

The folding housing 104 is connected to the sliding housing 103 by the keyboard hinge 145 and rotates around the second rotation shafts A2 and A3 to be folded, and a plurality of keys on one side and the other side thereof. The arranged second keyboard 143 and the third keyboard 141 are respectively provided. The second rotation shafts A2 and A3 extend in the vertical direction while being spaced apart from the first rotation shaft A1.

The cover housing 102 is connected to the connecting housing 101 is rotated up and down while moving in the direction folded or away with respect to the foldable sliding housing 103 and the folding housing 104, the folding housing 104 Is connected to the sliding housing 103 and rotates to the left and right while moving in a fold or away from the sliding housing 103. In addition, while the cover housing 102 moves in a direction away from the folding housing 104, the folding housing 104 moves in a fold or away direction with respect to the sliding housing 103. In this case, when the folding housing 104 is folded to the sliding housing 103, the first and second keyboards 131 and 143 are in close contact with each other, and the third keyboard 141 is operable. It becomes a state. The third keyboard 141 is provided with two four direction keys and is available in the game mode while checking the display unit 121. When the folding housing 104 is away from the sliding housing 103, the first and second keyboards 131 and 143 are disposed on the same plane in parallel with each other. In this case, the first keyboard 131 is disposed on the left side of the keyboard hinge portion 145 and the second keyboard 143 is disposed on the right side of the keyboard hinge portion 145 to provide a qwerty keyboard arrangement. do. Accordingly, the first and second keyboards 131 and 143 are disposed on the same plane, and the sliding housing 103 and the folding housing 104 are disposed on the same plane.

In a state where the sliding housing 103 and the folding housing 104 are disposed on the same plane, the keyboard hinge portion 145 is positioned adjacent to one end of the connecting housing 101. In this case, the sliding housing 103 is slidable along the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101. Thus, the sliding housing 103 is slidably moved in the other end direction of the connecting housing 101 along the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101. In this case, the folding housing 104 is connected to the sliding housing 103 by the keyboard hinge 145 to slide together with the sliding housing 103. Therefore, the keyboard hinge portion 145 is slidably moved together with the sliding housing 103 to be disposed at the center of the connecting housing 101.

Meanwhile, when the sliding housing 103 and the folding housing 104 are disposed on the same plane, the sliding housing 103 is connected to the sliding housing 103 so that the folding housing 104 is folded back to the sliding housing 103. The keyboard hinge portion 145 is positioned adjacent to one end of the connecting housing 101 by moving in one direction of the housing 101. At this time, the folding housing 104 is rotated about the second rotation axis (A2, A3) and folded to the sliding housing 103, then the cover housing 102 is folded to the folding housing 104, The portable communication device 100 is brought into a folded state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a combined internal view of the connecting housing 101 and the sliding housing 103 of the portable communication device 100 shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a portable communication device 100 shown in FIG. 4. It is a perspective view showing the combined internal view of the connecting housing 101 and the sliding housing 103. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, in the portable communication device 100, the sliding housing 103 slides along the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101. In addition, the portable communication device 100 includes first and second shafts 105 and 106 and a connection member 107 to implement the sliding movement as described above.

The first shaft 105 is received in the connecting housing 101. The second shaft 106 disposed in parallel with the first shaft 101 is received and fixed to the sliding housing 103. The second shaft 106 is fixed to the sliding housing 103 by the first and second fixing members 161 and 163.

The first and second fixing members 161 and 163 are respectively coupled to one end and the other end of the second shaft 106 to fix the second shaft 106 to the sliding housing 103. In addition, the first fixing member 161 is installed over the connecting housing 101 as well as the sliding housing 103, and a through hole 161a corresponding to the outer diameter of the first shaft 105 is formed. do. The first shaft 105 is inserted into the through hole 161a so that the first fixing member 161 is positioned on the first shaft 105.

The connecting member 107 is coupled to one end of the first shaft 105 while being fixed to the connecting housing 101, and is disposed on the second shaft 106 and slides along the second shaft 106. It is movable. The connection member 107 is formed with a connection hole 171 corresponding to the outer diameter of the second shaft 106. As the second shaft 106 is inserted into the connection hole 171, the connection member 107 is disposed on the second shaft 106. In addition, both ends of the second shaft 106 are fixed to the sliding housing 103 by the first and second fixing members 161 and 163, respectively, so that the connection member 107 is connected to the first and second shafts 106 and 161. Sliding along the second shaft 106 between the second fixing member (161, 163).

As the connection member 107 slides along the second shaft 106, the sliding housing 103 slides along the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101. In addition, the connection member 107 moves between the first and second fixing members 161 and 163 to be in contact with each other, thereby limiting the movement range. Accordingly, the sliding housing 103 is limited in its movement range due to the contact between the connecting member 107 and the first and second fixing members 161 and 163. In this case, the keyboard hinge portion 145 moves between one end and the center of the connecting housing 101.

The connecting member 107 is made of polyacetal (POM) to reduce the wear and dust generated by friction with the second shaft 106 in the process of sliding along the second shaft 106 and the first, The impact due to contact with the second fixing members 105 and 106 may be alleviated.

Looking at the sliding movement of the sliding housing 103 according to the sliding movement of the connecting member 107 on the second shaft 106 as follows.

When the sliding housing 103 is disposed on the same plane as the folding housing 104, the keyboard hinge portion 145 is adjacent to one end of the connecting housing 101. In this case, the connecting member 107 is in contact with the second fixing member 163 on the second shaft 106, and the other end of the first shaft 105 is inserted into the through hole 161a. It is a state. In addition, the connection member 107 is limited to the movement in the direction of the second fixing member 163 on the second shaft 106.

In order to move the keyboard hinge portion 145 from one end of the connecting housing 101 to the center, the sliding housing 103 must be slidably moved. Correspondingly, when the sliding housing 103 slides, the connection member 107 moves in the direction of the first fixing member 161. In addition, one end of the first shaft 105 fixed to the connecting member 107 moves close to the first fixing member 161 together with the connecting member 107. The connection member 107 moves in the direction of the first fixing member 161 to be in contact with the first fixing member 161. In this case, the connection member 107 is limited to the movement in the direction of the first fixing member 161, the keyboard hinge portion 145 is located in the center of the connecting housing 101. That is, the connecting member 107 slides between the first and second fixing members 161 and 163 along the second shaft 106. Accordingly, the sliding housing 103 is slidably moved in the longitudinal direction of the connecting housing 101. In addition, the first and second keyboards 131 and 143 may be operated while conveniently checking the display unit 121 while being disposed on the same plane.

In the foregoing detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a portable communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cover housing of the portable communication device shown in FIG. 1 is rotated;

3 is a perspective view illustrating a sliding housing and a folding housing of the portable communication device illustrated in FIG. 1 disposed on the same plane;

4 is a perspective view illustrating a sliding movement of a sliding housing of the portable communication device illustrated in FIG. 3;

5 is a perspective view illustrating a combined internal view of a connecting housing and a sliding housing of the portable communication device illustrated in FIG. 3;

6 is a perspective view showing a combined internal view of the connecting housing and the sliding housing of the portable communication device shown in FIG.

Claims

Connecting housings;

A cover housing provided with a display unit and connected to the connecting housing by a hinge unit;

A sliding housing coupled to the connecting housing and slidingly moving along a length direction of the connecting housing; And

It is further provided with a foldable folding housing connected to the sliding housing by a keyboard hinge,

And the sliding housing and the folding housing slide with respect to the connecting housing while the cover housing is identifiably open.

The method of claim 1,

A first keyboard installed on one surface of the sliding housing; And

A second keyboard is provided on one side of the folding housing,

The first and second keyboards face each other when the folding housing is folded to the sliding housing, and the folding housing is disposed away from the sliding housing so that the first and second keyboards are arranged side by side on the same plane. Portable communication device, characterized in that.

The method of claim 2,

And the sliding housing is slidably moved to arrange the keyboard hinge portion at the center of the connecting housing while the first and second keyboards are disposed on the same plane.

3. A portable communication device according to claim 2, wherein the first and second keyboards provide a qwerty keyboard arrangement as they are disposed on the same plane next to each other.

The method of claim 1,

A first shaft accommodated in the connecting housing;

A second shaft disposed in parallel with the first shaft and accommodated in the sliding housing; And

And a connection member disposed on the first and second shafts and fixed to the connecting housing to slide along the second shaft.

The method of claim 5, wherein

A first fixing member fixing one end of the second shaft to the sliding housing;

A second fixing member for fixing the other end of the second shaft to the sliding housing; And

And a connection hole formed through the connection member and into which the second shaft is inserted.

And the connecting member is disposed on the second shaft through the connecting hole and slides between the first and second fixing members.

The method of claim 6, further comprising a through hole through which the first shaft is inserted through the first fixing member,

And the first shaft slides past the through hole as the connecting member slides along the second shaft.

The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein when the connection member is close to the first fixing member, the keyboard hinge portion is moved to be disposed at the center of the connecting housing.

6. A portable communication device according to claim 5, wherein the connection member is made of polyacetal.

The method of claim 2,

Further comprising a third keyboard on the other surface of the folding housing,

And the cover housing is folded to the folding housing so that the display unit faces the third keyboard while the folding housing and the sliding housing are folded.

The portable communication device of claim 10, wherein the third keyboard is a game key used while checking the display unit as the cover housing moves away from the folding housing.