Folding portable terminal

A portable terminal and folding technology, which is applied to the structural parts of portable computers, telephone communications, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of setting gaps, not considering the continuity of the screen, and the hinge side end cannot be completely closed, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-08-15
SHARP KK
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[0011] However, if, for example, the center of one hinge shaft coincides with the surface of the display part and the pair of display parts are continuous, the surface of the display part will be covered with a cover such as a glass plate or an acrylic resin plate with a certain thickness. So if you want to close the two housings, the hinge side ends of the covers touch each other and cannot be fully c...

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[0122] Figure 1 to Figure 6 Shown is a foldable portable terminal 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The foldable portable terminal 1 includes a first casing 3 having a first display device 2 and a second casing 5 having a second display device 4 . The first and second casings 3 and 5 are foldably connected together with the hinge 6 as the center. The shapes of the first and second casings 3 and 5 are not particularly limited. In this embodiment, in order to simplify the description, the vertical and horizontal directions of the first and second casings 3 and 5 are designated on the basis of the hand-held foldable portable terminal 1 . 5. The shape of the first and second casings 3 and 5 is in the shape of a rectangular plate with long left and right sides. The hinge portion 6 extends left and right. The upper and lower first and second casings 3 and 5 are centered on the hinge portion 6. Open and close. It should be noted that the foldable portab...

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[0156] Figure 18 to Figure 26 The second embodiment of the present invention is shown, and differs from the above-described first embodiment in that the structure of the hinge portion 106 is different. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are used to denote the Figure 1 to Figure 17 For the same parts, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

[0157] That is, in the portable terminal 101 of the present embodiment, the hinge portion 106 has boss sections 106a and 106b formed on the first casing 3 and the second casing 5, respectively, so that the center axis is fully closed when the center axis is fully closed. It is located on the contact surface of the first shell 3 and the second shell 5 . By inserting a hinge shaft 106c as a central axis in the left and right flange portions 106a and 106b, the first case 3 and the second case 5 are rotatably connected together with the hinge portion 106 as a center. Although not shown, for e...

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[0170] In the present invention, the following configurations can also be employed with respect to the above-described embodiments.

[0171] That is, in the above-described embodiment, the pressing member is the leaf spring 27, but a compression coil spring may be provided at the same position as the leaf spring 27 to push the first and second display modules 11, 12 toward the hinge portion 6 side Also, the first and second display modules 11 and 12 may be pulled toward the hinge portion 6 side by pulling the protrusion 28b toward the hinge portion 6 side by a tension coil spring. In this case, too, the first and second display modules 11, 12 are always pressed by the compression coil spring or the tension coil spring to contact each other with an appropriate force, so that continuous images can be displayed during opening and closing with a simple structure .

[0172] In each of the above-described embodiments, the stopper 28 is formed by the recessed portion 28a for stoppin...

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Abstract

A folding portable terminal wherein a first housing (3) thereof which has a first display section (2) and a second housing (5) thereof which has a second display device (4) are connected to each other so that, in the process of opening and closing the first housing (3) and the second housing (5), the first and second housings (3, 5) can be opened and closed relative to each other in a folding manner about a hinge section (6). When the first housing (3) and the second housing (5) are opened and closed relative to each other on the hinge section (6), a front surface-side corner of a first affixed plate (7) (front surface-side corner of the first display device (2)) and a front surface-side corner of a second affixed plate (8) (front surface-side corner of the second display device (4)) are, in a side view, moved in a rectilinear path relative to the hinge section (6) with the front surface-side corners in contact with each other. As a result, the opening and closing operation can be performed smoothly with the front surfaces of the display devices made to continue with each other.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a foldable portable terminal, which is formed by connecting a first casing having a first display device and a second casing having a second display device in a foldable openable and closable manner with a hinge as the center , in particular, relates to a technology for making the display areas of the first and second display devices continuous. Background technique [0002] As a display device capable of displaying high-quality images, for example, a liquid crystal display device (LCD), a plasma display device (PDP), and the like are widely known. Furthermore, by utilizing technologies such as a touch panel, a technology in which a display device is provided in each of a pair of casings of a foldable portable terminal is being developed. [0003] As such a foldable portable terminal, for example, an information processing apparatus shown in Patent Document 1 is widely known. The information processing apparatus includ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F1/16F16C11/04H04M1/02
CPCG06F1/1616G06F1/1641G06F1/1681H04M1/022H04M2250/16
Inventor 三宅秀幸
Owner SHARP KK
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