WO1992017974A1 - Hinge apparatus for foldable radiotelephones - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to hinged housings for miniature electronic equipment and more particularly to foldabie radiotelephones which utilize hinged housings for folding elements.
- Portable, cellular phones are increasingly utilized to permit a user to communicate telephonically over a wireless system at virtually any location.
- the portable telephone transmits a low wattage, radio frequency signal to a receiving station whereat connections are provided with conventional telephone systems.
- Numerous receiving stations are spaced apart at fixed locations in an area to receive the signals transmitted by the portable telephone as the portable telephone is relocated throughout the area.
- Telephones utilizing two housing, elements connected with some type of hinging mechanism are common in wireline telephone sets and landline wireless extension phones and have become more common in portable cellular radiotelephones. This folding arrangement allows for the telephone to be more compact when the two housings are folded upon themselves.
- the smaller housing which will be called the flip element hereinafter, normally contains the microphone and the ringing element.
- the flip element For good acoustical performance, the flip element must be held in an optimum position relative to the body of the radiotelephone. In doing so, the microphone is positioned a desired distance from the user's mouth. Because the microphone and ringing element must make electrical connection to the electronics within the body of the radiotelephone, a means of connection through the hinge area is needed. Such connection was described in U.S. Patent No. 4,897,873 as shown in FIG. 1.
- the microphone and ringing elements within the flip element portion 101 are connected to electrical components within the body portion 103 via wire 105 which pass through the hinge knuckle 107, through a slot 109 in the shaft 111 and then into the body portion 103.
- the hinge shaft 111 is secured to the body portion 103 such that the hinge knuckle 107 of the flip element 101 may rotate about the shaft 11 1.
- a serious problem with this design is that the wire 105 gets pinched between the hinge shaft 11 1 and an inside surface of the hinge knuckle 107 as the flip element 101 rotates. The pinching force eventually breaks the wire causing loss of electrical contact to either the microphone or the ringing elements located within the flip element portion 101.
- the flip element contains no electronics.
- a flip element of this sort may have the capability of producing an on-hook condition when the flip element is in the "closed” position and an off-hook condition when the flip element is rotated to its "opened” position.
- a radiotelephone which employs the position of the flip element for control purposes was described in U.S. Patent No. 4,845,772.
- the flip element When the flip element is in its "closed” position the radiotelephone is in a standby state ready to receive an incoming call.
- the flip element covers at least a portion of the keypad on the body of the radiotelephone thereby shielding the keys to avoid accidental key depression or contamination of the keys with foreign material.
- some background noise is shielded from the microphone by the flip element.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B A variety of techniques have been used to position the flip element in the closed and open position.
- a radiotelephone which holds the flip element in the closed and open position using an enclosed cam element which follows recesses in one shaft securing the hinge elements was described in U.S. Patent No. 4,897,873.
- a detailed view of the cam mechanism can be seen in FIGS. 2A and 2B.
- FIG. 2A illustrates the position of recesses 201 and 203 when the flip element 101 is in the closed, on-hook, position.
- FIG. 2B illustrates the position of the recesses when the flip element is in the open, off-hook, position.
- a cam detent 205 moves out of recess 203 in hinge shaft 207 and onto the full diameter surface of the hinge shaft 207.
- a spring 209 placed between a wall 21 1 and the detent cam 205 constantly forces the detent cam 205 against the shaft 207.
- the detent cam 205 continues to push against the shaft 207 and then force itself into the recess 201.
- the force of the detent cam 205 in the recess 201 holds the flip element portion 101 in the desired position.
- the detent cam 205 is projected directly towards the center of the hinge shaft 207. Since the center of the hinge shaft 207 is offset from the plane of the flip element 101 the detent cam 205 must be angularly positioned.
- the angular position of the detent cam 205 respective to the plane of the flip element 101 limits the thickness 215 of the flip element 101.
- Increased miniaturization of radiotelephones allow the radiotelephones to be packaged in housings of even smaller dimensions.
- the hinge assembly described hereinabove are of dimensions which limits further decrease in the thickness 215 of the flip element 101 .
- a hinge assembly design is required which protects the wire which passes through the hinge knuckle from the flip element to the body as well as resulting in a flip element having smaller dimensions.
- a hinge apparatus for a foldabie radiotelephone apparatus has a body portion and a flip element portion.
- the hinge apparatus is capable of maintaining the flip element portion in a first position of rotation relative to the body portion.
- An essentially cylindrical hinge shaft having a circumferential surface and a diametric, rotatably couples the flip element portion to the body portion about an axis of rotation through the diametric center.
- the cylindrical hinge shaft is prevented from rotating relative to the body portion.
- a recess is disposed in the circumferential surface.
- a follower is disposed at least partially within the flip element portion and has an end portion disposed in the recess.
- the follower exerts a force on the cylindrical hinge shaft along a line of action essentially parallel to the axis of the follower and at a perpendicular distance between the line of action and the axis of rotation whereby a torque on the cylindrical hinge shaft is produced when the flip element portion in the first position.
- FIG. 1 shows a conventional technique of connecting the wire from the ringing element and microphone in the flip element to the body.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are cut-away side views of a conventional cam mechanism where the flip element is shown in both the closed and open position, respectively.
- FIG. 3 is an isometric drawing of a portable radiotelephone which may employ the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a side view of the radiotelephone where the flip element is nearing the closed position.
- FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the body portion and the flip element illustrating the hinge assembly of the radiotelephone shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5A is a cut-away view, of the hinge cavity portion of the body showing a round aperture disposed in an upstanding rib.
- FIG. 5B is an isometric view of the bottom side of the hinge shaft and hinge knuckle shown in FIG. 5.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B are cut-away side views of the detent hinge mechanism where the flip element is shown in both the closed and open positions, respectively.
- FIG. 7 is a more detailed end-view of the hinge shaft illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B.
- FIG. 8 shows the means of connecting the wires from the the microphone in the flip element to the body.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the hinge portion of the radiotelephone along the hinge axis.
- FIG. 3 A portable radiotelephone adapted for use in a radiotelephone system is shown in FIG. 3.
- This portable unit 300 consists basically of two readily apparent portions, a body portion 301 and a flip element portion 303.
- the drawing of FIG. 3 shows the flip element in an "open" position such that a user of the portable unit may listen via earpiece 305 and may speak into the microphone 307.
- the keypad 309 consists of a plurality of buttons numbered one through zero, #, and * , in a familiar telephone arrangement.
- the keypad 309 may also have additional functions buttons such as volume control and other buttons associated with telephone number recall.
- An antenna 311 enables wireless communication between the portable unit and a base station.
- the portable cordless telephone can be in a state of answering or making a telephone call. Such a state is commonly known as "off-hook".
- the user may hang up the portable unit by moving the flip element into a closed position. This hanging-up may be accomplished by causing the flip element 303 to rotate about the axis of the hinge portion 312 so that the flip element 303 rests against the keypad
- the hook switch in the preferred embodiment is located within the flip element 303. Activation of the hook switch occurs in the preferred embodiment when the angle between the body 301 and the flip element 303 equals approximately 45°.
- the flip element 303 is held in the open or closed position by a combination of elements shown in FIG. 5.
- a detent follower 501 is placed within a hinge knuckle 503 and forced against the cylindrical hinge shaft 505 by a resilient medium such as a spring 509.
- the spring 509 is formed from the flat curved piece of steel having a first end 51 1 hooked against a protrusion 513 in the flip element 303.
- the center portion of the spring 509 presses against a post 515 such that the second end of the spring 517 forces the detent follower 501 through an aperture 519 into a hinge knuckle 503.
- the design of the hinge shaft 505 allows the flip element 303 to be held against the keypad 109 in the on-hook or closed position and at an obtuse angle (for example, ⁇ equals 150°) in the off-hook or open position.
- One end 521 of the hinge shaft 505 has an elongated shape which fits into a slightly larger aperture 523 having essentially the same shape in a front housing portion 525 of the body 301.
- the rotation of the hinge shaft 505 is stationary with respect to the front housing portion 525 about which the hinge knuckle 503 may rotate.
- a second hinge shaft 527 disposed within a second hinge knuckle 529 helps support the rotation of the flip element 303 while providing a means for dressing wires 531 attached to a microphone 533 from the flip element
- the magnet 801 within the flip element generates a control signal in the body responsive to the rotational position of the flip element 303.
- a cover 535 conceals the spring 509, the microphone 533 and its wires 531 and the magnet 801 within the flip element 303.
- FIG. 5A shows a cross sectional view, of the front housing portion 525.
- a round aperture 537 is disposed through an upstanding rib 539.
- a cylindrical end portion 541 of the hinge shaft 527 shown in FIG. 5, is disposed within the round aperture 537.
- the hinge shaft 527 is allowed to rotate with respect to the front housing portion 525.
- FIG. 5B shows another side of the hinge shaft 527 illustrated in FIG. 5A.
- the hinge shaft 527 has a three sided channel 543 extending a predetermined depth into the channel 527 along the shaft's entire length.
- the hinge knuckle 529 has a three sided guide rail 545 disposed on the inside surface of the hinge knuckle and extending a predetermined distance along the knuckle's length.
- the hinge shaft 527 is inserted within the hinge knuckle 529 such that the guide rail 545 is disposed in the channel 543 thereby interlocking the hinge shaft 527 to the hinge knuckle 529.
- the hinge shaft 527 is now able to rotate about its axis with the rotation of the flip element 303.
- the interlocking feature of the hinge shaft 527 to the hinge knuckle 529 overcomes the problem encountered in the prior art (FIG. 1 ) wherein the wire is pinched as the hinge knuckle rotates about the shaft.
- FIG. 6A illustrates the position of recesses 601 and 603, relative to the detent follower 501 , when the flip element 103 is in the closed, on-hook position.
- FIG. 6B illustrates the position of the recesses 601 and 603, relative to the detent follower 501 , when the flip element is in the open, off-hook position.
- the detent follower 501 moves out of recess 601 in the hinge shaft 505 and onto the full diameter surface of the shaft 505.
- the spring 509 constantly forces the detent follower 501 against the hinge shaft 505.
- the detent follower 501 continues to push against the hinge shaft 505 and then forces itself into the recess 603. The force of the detent follower 501 in the recess 603 holds the flip element 303 in the desired position.
- a primary feature of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the detent follower 501 exerts a torque of a force on the hinge shaft 505 about its center axis when the flip element is in both its closed and open position.
- the torque of the force on the hinge shaft 505 is created by angularly disposing recesses 601 and 603 such that the detent follower 501 does not project through the center of the hinge shaft 505.
- the advantage of this design approach allows the detent follower 501 to be disposed in or near the same plane as the flip element 303 whereby a thinner flip element may be utilized.
- the detent follower 501 is disposed at an small angle ⁇ ,for example 10°, with respect to the plane of the flip element 303 to facilitate molding of the slot 519 in which the detent follower 501 is located.
- ⁇ for example 10°
- a thin flip element contributes to the weight reduction of the portable unit. This primary feature overcomes the aforementioned prior art conditions contributing to the greater thickness of the flip element previously described in FIGS. 2A and 2B.
- FIG. 7 there is shown a more detailed view of the end of the hinge shaft 505 shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.
- Recess 601 has two essentially planar surfaces 701 and 703 in which the planes of the surfaces intersect to form an angle.
- the detent follower 501 has two essentially planar surfaces 705 and 707 which contact planar surfaces 701 and 703, respectively, in the recess 601 when the flip element 303 is in the closed, on- hook position.
- a primary torque of a force, F1 exerted between the planar surface 701 of recess 601 and the planar surface 705 of the detent follower 501 , relative to the center axis of the hinge shaft 505, preloads the flip element 303 thereby maintaining the flip element in its closed position.
- Recess 603 also has two essentially planar surfaces
- the detent follower 501 has two essentially planar surfaces 713 and 715 which contact the planar surfaces 709 and 711 , respectively, of recess 603 when the flip element is in its open, off-hook, position.
- a primary torque of a force, F2 is applied between the planar surface 709 of the recess 603 and the planar surface 713 of the detent follower 501 , relative to the center axis of the hinge shaft 505, thereby maintaining the flip element in its open position.
- the imaginary planes formed by surface 701 of recess 601 and surface 71 1 of recess 603 intersect in an acute angle, ⁇ , which is related to the angle of the flip element 303 opening ⁇ . In the preferred embodiment the two angles, ⁇ and ⁇ , sum to approximately 180° when the flip element 303 is in the open position as shown in FIG.
- the design of the hinge shaft 505 allows the flip element 303 to open or close without further assistance when it is within 45° of either position.
- the flip element also has the ability to over travel the open position by an amount such as 30°, if forced, and return to the open position automatically when the force is removed.
- FIG. 8 shows an end view of the microphone wires protected within the hinge knuckle.
- the wires 531 of the microphone 533 are pulled towards the center of the hinge shaft 527 by an arm 805.
- An advantage of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that wires 531 positioned near the center of the hinge shaft 527 undergo less rotational travel as the flip element is rotated thereby minimizing a twisting force placed on the wires.
- the hook switch in the preferred embodiment is located within the flip element 303 and can be seen in FIG. 8. Activation of the hook switch occurs in the preferred embodiment when the angle between the body 301 and the flip element 303 equals approximately 45°.
- a conventional magnet 801 is placed in a position within the flip element 303.
- a conventional reed switch 803 is placed in a position within the body 301 essentially opposite the magnet 801. As the flip element 303 rotates about the axis of the hinge portion to its closed position, a magnetic field produced by the magnet 801 closes the contacts within the reed switch 803 thereby generating a control signal indicating the on-hook condition. When the flip element 303 rotates about the hinge portion 312 to its open position, the magnetic field created by the magnet
- FIG. 301 is assembled from two parts shown in FIG. 5 as a rear housing 551 and a front housing 525.
- FIG. 9 shows a cross sectional view of the hinge portion after the elements of FIG. 5 are assembled.
- the flip element 303 is connected to the body by the hinge shafts 505 and 527 mentioned above.
- the ribs 901 and 903 of the rear housing 551 nest within the ribs 539 and 524, respectively, in the front housing. Apertures in the ribs 901 and 903 of the rear housing align themselves concentrically with corresponding apertures 537 and 523 in the front housing 525.
- the shafts 527 and 505 push through the holes in their respective hinge knuckles 529 and 503, through the holes in the ribs of the front and rear housings.
- the clip 550 is then placed within the center knuckle 552 to prevent the shafts 527 and 505 from sliding out. In the preferred embodiment the shafts may only be removed when the flip element is in the closed position.
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