KR101007846B1 - hinge module and mobile communication terminal using hinge module - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same. A hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention include a first body and a second body. Here, the first body is formed at both ends of the movement guide is formed at a predetermined interval along the longitudinal direction, respectively. The second body has guide rails having guide grooves formed at both ends thereof so that the respective movement guides are coupled to each other so that the second body moves linearly along the longitudinal direction of the first body. After the linear movement ends, the second body has a predetermined angle. The first body and the second body are formed at intervals corresponding to the intervals of the movement guides at one end of the guide groove. It is inclined at a predetermined angle.

Mobile terminal, slide, tilt, tilt, hinge module

Description

Hinge module and mobile communication terminal using hinge module

The present invention relates to a hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same.

In general, mobile communication terminals include a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a smartphone. Examples of such mobile communication terminals include a bar type and a folder type according to the appearance and location of the handset. type, flip type and slide type.

In the early stages of the launch of mobile phones, the bar type and the flip type have been mainstream, but recently, various display functions and miniaturization are required, and the slide type and the folding type have become mainstream.

Among them, the slide type mobile communication terminal has a structure in which the upper body and the lower body are superimposed on each other, and the upper body and the lower body are slid by a slide module connected to the upper body and the lower body. .

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the slide-type mobile communication terminal includes a lower main body 220 provided with a key input unit 225 and an upper main body 230 provided with a display screen 235 and the like on the front surface.

In addition, the upper main body 230 and the lower main body 220 are connected by a slide module (not shown).

Here, the slide module is provided on the rear of the upper body 230, a guide (not shown) for guiding sliding, and a slider (not shown) provided on the lower body 220 for reciprocating slide movement along the guide. It may be made, including.

Therefore, the upper main body 230 and the lower main body 220 can be superimposed in parallel to each other to allow the reciprocating sliding movement, through which the upper main body 230 can be opened or closed.

However, the conventional slide-type mobile communication terminal has the following problems.

First, since the upper main body and the lower main body are stacked in parallel to each other and sliding, the upper main body and the lower main body have a step (D) in the open state of the upper main body is moved, thus, the user is provided in the lower main body When using the input unit, there is inconvenience such as being caught by the upper body.

Second, since the slide module is provided on the lower part of the upper body and the upper part of the lower body, slimming of the finished product is difficult.

Third, the development of a module having a structure in which the upper body is inclined by using a separate device has been made recently, but it is difficult to remove the step between the upper body and the lower body to provide user convenience when operating the key input unit. As the number of items increases, the structure becomes complicated and the price also increases.

In order to solve the above problems, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention relates to a hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same, which is implemented in the slim, and provides improved convenience in key input operation.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention includes a first body formed at both ends of the movement guide is formed at a predetermined interval along the longitudinal direction; Guide rails having guide grooves formed thereon are formed at both ends so that the respective movement guides are coupled to each other. The guide rails are linearly moved along the longitudinal direction of the first body, and are inclined at a predetermined angle with the first body after the linear movement is completed. The second body is formed to include a second body that is moved to form a, the first body and the second bent portion formed at intervals corresponding to the interval of the movement guide to one end of the guide groove It provides a hinge module inclined at a predetermined angle with the first body when the guide is positioned.

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And, the inclination of the second body with the first body is an extension line formed by extending the seating surface of the first bent portion and the seating surface of the second bent portion corresponds to the angle formed with the longitudinal direction of the first body desirable.

In addition, the first elastic member and the second body between the first body and the second body to provide an elastic force while the second body is deformed in conjunction with the linear movement so that the second body operates stably, It is preferable that the elastic assembly comprising a second elastic member for providing an elastic force to move inclined.

And, one end of the first elastic member is rotatably coupled to the first body, one end of the second elastic member is rotatably coupled to the second body, the first elastic member and the second elastic The other end of the member is preferably integrally connected to the first body.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a key input unit on one side, the main assembly is provided with a first body formed on both ends of the movement guides are formed at predetermined intervals along the length direction on the other side; In addition, the upper part is provided with a display part, and the lower part is provided with a second body having guide rails formed at both ends thereof so that the respective guides are coupled to each other. After the end is completed comprises a front assembly which is moved to be inclined at a predetermined angle with the main assembly, wherein the front assembly is formed at an interval corresponding to the interval of the movement guide at one end of the guide groove It provides a mobile communication terminal inclined at a predetermined angle with the main assembly when the movement guide is positioned in the first and second bends.

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The inclined front assembly is positioned on the other side of the main assembly in which the front of the front assembly moves upward and the rear moves downward to be lower than the key input portion so that the top surface of the front assembly is the key input portion. It is desirable to form a continuous surface with no step difference.

Referring to the effect of the hinge module and a mobile communication terminal using the same according to the present invention.

First, since the coupling between the first body and the second body constituting the hinge module is made at both side portions, the overall height of the mobile communication terminal using the hinge module can be lowered, making it slim.

Second, a first bent portion and a second bent portion are provided in the guide groove for guiding the movement of the second body so that the movement guides formed at both ends of the first body are selectively seated so that the second body is straight and inclined. Two-axis sliding is possible. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal using the hinge module may have a continuous surface of the upper front assembly without a step difference with the main assembly provided with the key input unit, and thus the user may increase convenience in key input work.

Third, the drive range and angle of the second body can be adjusted by changing the shapes of the first and second bent portions, so that the proper change is easy even when the size and shape of the mobile communication terminal is changed, and the configuration of the hinge module is simple. Therefore, the parts can be reduced, and through this, the production price can be lowered, thereby improving the economics.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention that can specifically realize the above technical problem will be described.

2 is a perspective view illustrating a closed state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating an open state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 5, the mobile communication terminal 10 preferably includes a main assembly 20 and a front assembly 30. Here, it is preferable that the key input unit 25 is provided at one side of the main assembly 20, and the first body 110 is preferably provided at the other side, wherein the both ends of the first body 110 have a length. Preferably, the movement guides 115 are formed at predetermined intervals along the direction. And, both sides of the front assembly 30 is preferably provided with a guide rail 130, the guide groove 131 is formed so that the movement guide 115 is coupled. Therefore, both of the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20 can be hinged to each other, and as the hinge coupling is made from the side, the overall height of the mobile communication terminal can be lowered, making it slim. Become. On the other hand, according to the coupling state of the guide groove 131 and the movement guide 115, the front assembly 30 is moved linearly in the longitudinal direction of the main assembly 20, or after the linear movement is finished Preferably, the main assembly 20 is moved to be inclined at a predetermined angle. In addition, the front assembly 30 moved to make an inclination preferably forms a continuous surface with no difference between the key input unit 25, and through this, the key input unit () is not caught by the front assembly 30. 25) can be operated to increase the convenience of the user.

Here, as shown in Figure 3, the longitudinal direction means the x-axis direction.

The width direction to be described later means the y-axis direction, and the height direction means the z-axis direction.

In addition, the x-axis direction in which the front assembly 30 is moved forward to open the mobile communication terminal, and the x-axis direction in which the front assembly 30 moves to the rear so that the mobile communication terminal is closed. Will be explained.

In detail, the mobile communication terminal preferably includes a main assembly 20 and a front assembly 30.

In addition, the main assembly 20 is preferably provided with a device portion (21).

Here, the device unit 21 is preferably provided on one side of the main assembly 20, the device unit 21 may be provided with a main printed circuit board (PCB), the device unit 21 It is preferable that the key input unit 25 is installed above.

In this case, the key input unit 25 may be a key of a conventional Qwerty array.

Therefore, the device unit 21 may be formed to have a predetermined height, and overall constitute the height of the main assembly 20.

In addition, it is preferable that an assembly part 23 is formed at one side of the device part 21, and in this case, the assembly part 23 is preferably formed at a lower height than the device part 21, and the assembly part ( 23, the first body 110 to be described later may be assembled.

On the other hand, the front assembly 30 is preferably coupled to the upper side of the main assembly 20.

And, the lower body of the front assembly 30 is preferably provided with a second body 120.

Here, the second body 120 is connected to the first body 110 to form a hinge module 100.

At this time, the connection of the first body 110 and the second body 120 is preferably made at each side of the first body 110 and the second body 120.

In addition, the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20 is preferably formed to correspond to the hinge module 100, in consideration of this, both sides of the front assembly 30 is the main assembly 20 It may be formed to surround both sides.

As such, the hinge module 100, which is involved in the operation of the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20, is connected to the side surfaces of the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20. The overall height of the terminal 10 can be lowered, thereby making it slimmer.

In the state in which the mobile communication terminal 10 to which the hinge module 100 is applied is closed, the front assembly 30 covers the main assembly 20 on the upper side of the main assembly 20.

In addition, in order to open the mobile communication terminal 10, the front assembly 30 is linearly moved forward in the longitudinal direction, and after the linear movement is completed, the front assembly 30 is moved in the height direction and predetermined with the main assembly 20. It is preferable to be inclined at an angle of.

In other words, the front assembly 30 is moved forward in the longitudinal direction to open the mobile communication terminal 10, and then the front part 37 moved outwardly of the main assembly 20 moves in the height direction. The rear part 38 is preferably moved to the downward direction to form a predetermined angle with the main assembly 20.

That is, the front assembly 30 may be inclined by moving as it rotates about the width direction, wherein the rear portion 38 of the front assembly 30 is located in the assembly portion 23. desirable.

Furthermore, the upper surface of the rear portion 38 of the front assembly 30 is preferably a height corresponding to the key input portion 25.

As a result, the upper surface of the front assembly 30 can form a continuous surface with no difference between the key input unit 25, and thus, the user can conveniently hold the key input unit without catching the front assembly 30. (25) can be operated.

In addition, the upper part of the front assembly 30 is preferably provided with a display unit 31, a speaker 33, a navigation key (navigation key) 35 may be further provided.

Therefore, the front assembly 30 fixed inclined with the main assembly 20 may allow the user to easily view the screen.

Meanwhile, an elastic force is applied to the first body 110 and the second body 120 to smoothly operate the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20, and to allow the front assembly 30 and the main assembly 20 to operate without scratching. It is preferred that the elastic assembly 150 is further provided.

6 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge module of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention viewed from above, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge module of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention viewed from below. 8 is a state diagram illustrating an operation of a hinge module of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 8, the hinge module 100 preferably includes the first body 110 and the second body 120.

First, the first body 110 is preferably made of a flat plate, the width and length of the first body 110 to be assembled to the assembly portion (23 of Figure 5) is the main assembly ( It is preferably formed to correspond to the width and length of 20) of FIG.

In addition, a plurality of through holes 111 may be formed in the first body 110, and fastening grooves (not shown) corresponding to the through holes 111 may also be formed in the assembling unit 23. It can be combined and fixed by (not shown).

In addition, both sides of the first body 110 may be bent upwardly, and both ends of the first body 110 which are upwardly formed have a predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction and move guides 115 are respectively formed. This is preferred.

Here, the movement guide 115 may be formed integrally with the first body 110, it is preferable to extend to the outside of the first body (110).

In addition, the second body 120 is preferably formed to correspond to the shape of the front assembly 30 to be coupled to the lower portion of the front assembly (30 of FIG. 5).

Accordingly, both sides of the second body 120 may be bent downward, and the guide rails 130 may be coupled to both sides of the second body 120 to form side surfaces.

In addition, the guide grooves 131 may be formed on the guide rails 130 so as to face each other and form a pair.

Here, the guide groove 131 is preferably formed to protrude to a predetermined height so that the movement guide 115 is coupled to the inside, it is preferably formed in the longitudinal direction of the first body (110).

On the other hand, the guide groove 131 and the guide rail 130 so as to be coupled to the guide rail 130 with the guide groove 131 is inserted into both sides of the second body 120 It is preferable that the coupling portion 121 is formed.

In addition, the fixing plate 140 is provided on the outside of the guide rail 130 to prevent the guide rail 130 coupled to the side of the second body 120 from being detached, such as a bolt. It may be coupled to the second body 120 by.

Thus, the movement guide 115 is able to maintain a state coupled to the inside of the guide groove 131, through which, the first body 110 and the second body 120 is coupled to each other In this way, linear movement in the longitudinal direction becomes possible.

In addition, the first bent portion 133 and the second bent portion 135 may be formed at one end of the guide groove 131 at an interval corresponding to the formation interval of the movement guide 115.

Here, the first bent portion 133 is preferably formed at the rear end in the longitudinal direction of the guide groove 131 in the state in which the guide rail 130 is coupled to the second body 120, 2 is preferably formed in the height direction of the body (120).

In addition, the second bent portion 135 is formed in front of the first bent portion 133 at intervals corresponding to the formation intervals of the respective movement guides 115, the height direction of the second body 120 It is preferable to form.

Accordingly, when the second body 120 continues to move forward in the longitudinal direction of the first body 110 to the end, the first bent portion 133 and the second bent portion 135 The movement guide 115 is located at.

Therefore, the front of the second body 120 is rotated to the upper side in the height direction, the rear of the second body 120 is moved to the lower side while the second body 120 is the first body It is inclined at a predetermined angle with the 110.

Through this, the second body 120 may be linearly moved along the longitudinal direction of the first body 110, and may be inclined at a predetermined angle with the first body 110 after the straight movement is completed. Will be.

Here, the inclination of the first body 110 and the second body 120 is the seating surface 134 and the first of the first bending portion 133 is in close contact with each of the movement guide 115 An extension line L formed by extending the seating surface 136 of the two-folded part 135 corresponds to the angle θ formed in the longitudinal direction of the first body 110.

Accordingly, the adjustment of the driving range and the inclination angle of the second body 120 may be performed by appropriately adjusting the shapes of the bent portions 133 and 135 and the movement guide 115, so that the hinge module 100 may be adjusted. Easy application is possible depending on the size of the mobile communication terminal to be applied.

Meanwhile, the shape of the first bent portion 133 and the second bent portion 135 is not particularly limited, but the movement guide is provided to the first bent portion 133 and the second bent portion 135. Preferably, the 115 is formed so that it can naturally flow in and out.

To this end, each of the bent portions (133, 135) may be formed obliquely in the height direction, thereby the rotation of the second body 120 can be made more naturally.

In addition, the first bent portion 133 and the second bent portion 135 is preferably formed so that the extension line (L) formed by extending the seating surface (134, 136) of the respective bent portions (133, 135) to form a straight line.

In this way, each of the movement guides 115 may be uniformly in close contact with each of the bent portions 133 and 135, whereby the load in the inclined state of the second body 120 is transferred to the movement guide 115. And it is evenly applied to each of the bent portion (133, 135) can be prevented from deformation and damage of the movement guide 115 and the guide groove 131, it is possible to increase the durability.

On the other hand, the elastic assembly 150 between the first body 110 and the second body 120, so that the operation of the first body 110 and the second body 120 can be made smoothly. It is preferred to be provided.

In addition, the elastic assembly 150 preferably includes a first elastic member 160 and a second elastic member 170.

First, one end 161 of the first elastic member 160 is preferably coupled to the coupling hole 113 formed in the first body 110, wherein the one end 161 is the coupling hole ( And rotatably coupled to 113).

Here, the first elastic member 160 may be a conventional torsion spring.

In addition, the second elastic member 170 is provided between the first body 110 and the second body 120, both ends of the first body 110 and the second body 120, respectively. It is preferable that it is formed to support the ball shot.

To this end, the second elastic member 170 is preferably bent to correspond to the interval between the first body 110 and the second body 120.

In addition, one end 171 of the second elastic member 170 is preferably coupled to the coupling groove 123 formed in the second body 120 to be rotatable.

In addition, the other end of the second elastic member 170 is preferably formed with a flat pressing portion 175 to increase the contact surface with the first body 110, the pressing portion 175 is the first 1 It is preferable that the other end 165 of the elastic member 160 is connected to be integral.

Here, the second elastic member 170 may be a conventional wave shape spring.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 8, when the second body 120 having the front portion positioned at the first point P1 moves forward, the second elastic body coupled to the second body 120 is moved. The member 170 is also moved in conjunction.

However, both ends of the elastic assembly 150 are coupled to the first body 110 and the second body 120, respectively, so that the elastic assembly 150 is deformed. 1 occurs in the elastic member 160.

That is, the first elastic member 160 has a twisting deformation is generated to generate an elastic force, the elastic force acts as a restoring force for moving the second body 120 to the original first point (P1).

On the other hand, the second elastic member 170 in the longitudinal direction without the rattling or baggage, etc. while the second body 120 is elastically supporting the first body 110 and the second body 120, respectively This will allow you to move smoothly and reliably.

Here, when the action of the external force for moving the second body 120 is stopped, the second body 120 can be moved to its original position by the elastic restoring force of the first elastic member 160 Of course.

In addition, when the movement of the second body 120 continues and the second body 120 moves to the second point P2, the first elastic member 160 is compressed to near the limit point.

At this time, one end of the second elastic member 170 is rotated in a state coupled to the coupling groove 123, the rotation guide 177 formed at one end of the second elastic member 170 is the coupling As the second elastic member 170 rotates along the rotation guide groove 125 formed in the groove 123 in the circumferential direction, the rotation may be stably performed.

On the other hand, if the movement of the second body 120 continues to the front the coupling groove 123 is located in front of the coupling hole 113, one end of the first elastic member 160 is coupled to the first Compression of the elastic member 160 is released.

Therefore, the movement of the second body 120 is continued by the elastic restoring force of the first elastic member 160, which has been decompressed, to return to its original shape.

At this time, the movement guide 115 is seated on each of the bending portions 133 and 135 by the elastic support force of the second elastic member 170, and the front of the second body 120 is raised, and the second As the rear of the body 120 is lowered, the first body 110 and the second body 120 form an angle θ, thereby completing the operation.

When the external force acts backward to the second body 120, the second elastic member 170 is compressed and the moving guides 115 are separated from each of the bending parts 133 and 135.

Therefore, the rear of the second body 120 is raised, the front is lowered, and then, the elastic force of the first elastic member 160 is added, so that the second body 120 is the first body 110 Linearly moves to the rear of the to return to the original first point (P1).

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. It is possible and such variations are within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional slide type mobile communication terminal.

2 is a perspective view showing a closed state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing an open state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a side view showing an open state of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exploded perspective view showing a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge module of a mobile communication terminal viewed from above according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge module of a mobile communication terminal viewed from below according to one embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a state diagram showing the operation of the hinge module of the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: mobile communication terminal 20: main assembly

21: device portion 23: assembly portion

25: key input section 30: front assembly

31: display unit 100: hinge module

110: first body 113: coupling hole

115: movement guide 120: second body

121: coupling portion 123: coupling groove

125: rotation guide groove 130: guide rail

131: guide groove 133: first bent portion

134, 136: seating surface 135: second bent portion

140: fixed plate 150: elastic assembly

160: first elastic member 170: second elastic member

175: pressure unit 177: rotation guide

L: Extension line P1: First point

P2: second point θ: angle

Claims (8)

A first body having movement guides formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, respectively formed at both ends; And Guide rails having guide grooves formed thereon are formed at both end portions so that the respective movement guides are coupled to each other. The guide rails are linearly moved along the longitudinal direction of the first body, and after the linear movement is completed, the guide rails are inclined at a predetermined angle with the first body. It is made including a second body that is moved to achieve, The second body may have a predetermined angle with the first body when the respective movement guides are positioned at the first and second bent portions formed at intervals corresponding to the intervals of the movement guides at one end of the guide groove. Hinged module inclined to. delete The method of claim 1, The inclination of the second body formed with the first body is characterized in that the extension line formed by extending the seating surface of the first bent portion and the seating surface of the second bent portion corresponds to an angle formed with the longitudinal direction of the first body. Hinge module. The method of claim 1, The first elastic member and the second body to provide a resilient force while the second body is deformed in conjunction with the first body and the linear movement between the first body and the second body so as to operate stably, the second body is inclined The hinge module, characterized in that the elastic assembly comprising a second elastic member for providing an elastic force to move. The method of claim 4, wherein One end of the first elastic member is rotatably coupled to the first body, one end of the second elastic member is rotatably coupled to the second body, and the first elastic member and the second elastic member The other end is integrally connected to the hinge module, characterized in that the close contact with the first body. A main assembly provided with a key input part at one side, and a first body at each other having movement guides formed at predetermined intervals along the length direction at both ends thereof; And The upper part is provided with a display part, and the lower part is provided with a second body having guide rails formed at both ends thereof so that the respective guides are coupled to each other. The linear body moves linearly along the longitudinal direction of the main assembly. After the termination is made to include a front assembly which is moved to be inclined at a predetermined angle with the main assembly, The front assembly is inclined at a predetermined angle with the main assembly when the respective movement guides are positioned at the first and second bent portions formed at intervals corresponding to the gaps of the movement guides at one end of the guide groove. A mobile communication terminal. delete The method of claim 6, The inclined front assembly is positioned on the other side of the main assembly in which the front of the front assembly moves upward and the rear moves downward to be lower than the key input portion so that an upper surface of the front assembly is stepped with the key input portion. Mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to form a continuous surface without.

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