Patent ID: 7446814
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H04M,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A camera lens assembly in a mobile communication terminal having a main body with a pair of side hinge arms arranged to face each other at one end of the main body, and a folder with a center hinge arm extending from one end thereof, the center hinge arm being interposed between the side hinge arms for coupling the main body and the folder, the camera lens assembly comprising: an opening with a predetermined length arranged in a center area of the center hinge arm in a lengthwise direction; a hinge module positioned within the center hinge arm, the hinge module having a supporting protrusion projecting through one end of the opening; a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring on the same axis, the inner ring being fixed to the supporting protrusion; an elastic means being arcuate in shape and extending along circumferential direction of the supporting protrusion; and a lens housing rotatably coupled within the opening, the lens housing being cylindrically-shaped and having at least one coupling groove in one end for coupling to the outer ring, wherein the elastic means presses onto the outer ring so that the lens housing is kept in a fixed position stably after rotation of the lens housing to the desired photographing direction.