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Patent US20070218963 - Sliding apparatus and mobile phone having the same - Google Patents
A sliding apparatus for a mobile phone comprises a first slider, a second slider installed slidably on the first slider, and a pushing device between the first and second sliders to move the second slider towards one side of the first slider. The pushing device comprises a first push rod hingably coupled...http://www.google.com/patents/US20070218963?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070218963 - Sliding apparatus and mobile phone having the same
Publication number US20070218963 A1
Application number US 11/410,570
Also published as CN101039339A
Publication number 11410570, 410570, US 2007/0218963 A1, US 2007/218963 A1, US 20070218963 A1, US 20070218963A1, US 2007218963 A1, US 2007218963A1, US-A1-20070218963, US-A1-2007218963, US2007/0218963A1, US2007/218963A1, US20070218963 A1, US20070218963A1, US2007218963 A1, US2007218963A1
Inventors Sam Kim
Original Assignee Diabell Co., Ltd.
US 20070218963 A1
1. A sliding apparatus, comprising a first slider having a predetermined length, a second slider installed slidably on the first slider to make linear movement in a longitudinal direction of the first slider, and a pushing device disposed between the first and second sliders to move the second slider towards one of both sides of the first slider depending on a location of the second slider,
wherein the pushing device comprises a first push rod hingably coupled at one end to one side of the first slider in a widthwise direction, a second push rod hingably coupled at one end to the other side of the second slider in the widthwise direction, a guide member, one end of which is installed with the first push rod, and the other end of which is installed with the second push rod such that the first and second push rods can make linear movement on the guide member, and a plurality of elastic members installed in the guide member to resiliently support the first and second push rods, respectively.
8. A mobile phone, comprising a first member having a display window provided thereon, a second member having key pads arranged thereon, a first slider having a predetermined length and being installed on the first member, a second slider installed on the second member while being slidable along the first slider in a longitudinal direction of the first slider, and a pushing device disposed between the first and second sliders to move the second slider towards one of both sides of the first slider depending on a location of the second slider,
In order to allow the second slider 32 to be slidably coupled to the first slider 31, the second slider 32 is provided at either end with a second concave rail 32 a which receives an associated end of the first slider 31 to slide therein, and the first slider 31 is provided at either end with a first rail 31 a which is slidably received in the second slider 32 a. In this embodiment, the first rail 31 a has a higher strength and a smoother surface than those of the first slider 31. In this regard, rod-shaped members formed of a material having a low frictional coefficient are provided to both sides of the first slider 31 to constitute the first rails 31 a.
The pair of push rods 41 and 42 comprises a first push rod 41 which is hingably coupled at one end to the first member 10 while being slidably installed at the other end within the guide member 43, and a second push rod 42 which is hingably coupled at one end to the second member 20 while being slidably installed at the other end within the guide member 43. The first push rod 41 is provided at the one end with a first hinge 41 a hingably coupled to the first slider 31, and the second push rod 42 is provided at the one end with a second hinge 42 a hingably coupled to the second slider 32. According to this embodiment, both first and second hinges 41 a and 42 a have a hole shape.
In this embodiment, in order to effectively distribute force applied by the user, the other ends of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 installed within the guide member 43 are bifurcated into pairs of branch-rods 41 b and 42 b, respectively, such that each of the branch-rods 41 b and 42 b are supported by the elastic member 44. Accordingly, in this embodiment, a total of four elastic members 44 are installed within the guide member 43.
The guide member 43 is provided with a pair of concave guide parts 43 a and 43 b formed in a groove shape such that the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are slidably installed on the guide parts 43 a and 43 b. The pair of guide parts 43 a and 43 b comprises a first guide part 43 a opened at one side of the guide member 43 to allow the first push rod 41 installed therein to linearly move into and from the one side of the guide member 43, and a second guide part 43 b opened at the other side of the guide member 43 to allow the second push rod 42 installed therein to linearly move into and from the other side of the guide member 43. With this structure, when the first and second push rods 41 and 42 advance into the guide member 43, the whole length of the pushing device 40 is shortened. On the contrary, when the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are protruded from the guide member 43, the whole length of the pushing device 40 is extended.
The elastic members 44 are installed within the first and second guide parts 43 a and 43 b, respectively, and resiliently support the other sides of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 entering the first and second guide parts 43 a and 43 b, thereby exhibiting resilient force by which the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are protruded from the guide member 43. Each of the elastic members 44 is formed of a coil spring which is subjected to little deformation and breakage even after repetitious elastic deformation and recovery. The first and second push rods 41 and 42 have supports 41 c and 42 c which integrally extend from the other sides of the first and second push rods 41 and 42, and are placed into the elastic members 44 formed of the coil springs in order to stably maintain the state of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 being resiliently supported by the elastic members 44. According to this embodiment, the other sides of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are bifurcated into branch-rods 41 b and 42 b from which the supports 41 c and 42 c extend. Thus, the total number of supports 41 c and 42 c is four.
In addition, in order to stably maintain the state of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 being installed in the guide member 43, the first and second guide parts 43 a and 43 b have mouths opened to have a relatively narrow width, and the first and second push rods 41 and 42 have protrusions 41 d and 42 d laterally protruding therefrom so as to be latched to the mouths of the first and second guide parts 43 a and 43 b, respectively. Accordingly, since the protrusions 41 d and 42 d of the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are latched to the mouths of the first and second guide parts 43 a and 43 b, respectively, it is possible to maintain the state wherein the first and second push rods 41 and 42 are installed in the guide member 43.
The pushing device, denoted by reference numeral 50, of the sliding apparatus of the second embodiment comprises a first push rod 51 hingably coupled at one end to a first slider 31, a second push rod 52 hingably coupled at one end to a second slider 32, and a guide member 53 in which the other sides of the first and second push rods 51 and 52 are slidably installed by a plurality of elastic members 54. Here, the pushing device 50 further comprises a first hinge part 51 a provided to one end of the first push rod 51, and a second hinge part 52 a provided to the second push rod 52, in which the first and second hinge parts 51 a and 52 a are substantially in symmetry about a center line C of the guide member 53.
In order to symmetrically dispose the first and second hinge parts 51 a and 52 a about the center line of the guide member 53 as described above, the first and second push rods 51 and 52 are bifurcated into two branch-rods 51 b and 52 b, respectively, such that the branch-rods 51 b of the first push rod 51 alternate with the branch-rods 52 b of the second push rod 52.
In this manner, when the first and second hinge parts 51 a and 52 a are symmetrical to each other about the center line of the guide member 53, a direction of external force applied to the pushing device 50 becomes the same as a sliding direction of the first and second push rods 51 and 52 so that the external force can be used to force the elastic members 54 to be elastically deformed more effectively, thereby allowing the first and second push rods 51 and 52 to be advanced or retreated more stably.
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