Source: http://www.google.com/patents/US7707689?dq=7,546,338
Timestamp: 2017-09-21 05:47:29
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 10', 'art 212', 'art 210', 'art 212', 'art 210', 'art 210', 'art 212', 'art 212', 'art 212', 'art 212']

Patent US7707689 - Mobile communication terminal having a hinge-reinforcing member - Google Patents
A folder-type communication terminal is disclosed in which a gap generated between a first and a second body or a breakage of a side hinge arm can be reduced. The mobile communication terminal includes a first body and a second body rotatably coupled using a hinge, and at least one hinge-reinforcing...http://www.google.com/patents/US7707689?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7707689 - Mobile communication terminal having a hinge-reinforcing member
Publication number US7707689 B2
Application number US 11/619,278
Also published as US20070155238
Publication number 11619278, 619278, US 7707689 B2, US 7707689B2, US-B2-7707689, US7707689 B2, US7707689B2
Inventors Jong Wun Kim
Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (1), Classifications (14), Legal Events (2)
Mobile communication terminal having a hinge-reinforcing member
US 7707689 B2
A folder-type communication terminal is disclosed in which a gap generated between a first and a second body or a breakage of a side hinge arm can be reduced. The mobile communication terminal includes a first body and a second body rotatably coupled using a hinge, and at least one hinge-reinforcing member disposed between the hinge members of the first and the second bodies.
13. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one hinge side arm is roundly extended from the second body forming the round opening.
This application claims the benefit of the Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0001340, filed on Jan. 5, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
Recently, the demand for mobile communication terminals (“terminal”) has risen due to convenience of use. The terminals have been reduced in size and have been provided with multi-functions to meet user's demands.
Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, in the side hinge-type, if the second body 20 is forced open by an unnecessarily excessive force to unfold the terminal, the engaged part between the center hinge arm 10 c of the first body 10 and each of a pair of the side hinge arms 20 a is widened to generate a gap in between in the vicinity of an area ‘A’ indicated by an arrow shown in FIG. 3.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a mobile communication terminal that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
The arm fitting part 212 has a “C”-type cross section. A screw hole 210 a is formed at one side of the body part 210. A screw as a locking means (not shown in the drawings) is locked into a screw boss 110 a (shown on FIG. 5) projected from one end of a lower case 110 of the second body 100 via the screw hole 210 a.
The arm-fitting part 212 extends from the upper end of the body part 210 in a perpendicular direction to the screw locking direction of the body part 210 to facilitate the second body 100 to be fitted into the side hinge arm 100 a. An opening 212 a is formed at one side of the arm-fitting part 212 to facilitate attachment/detachment to/from the side hinge arm 100 a. Hence, the arm fitting part 212 has a “C”-type cross section overall. One half of the arm-fitting part 212 differs from the other half in thickness so that the thicker half of the arm-fitting part 212 is fitted into a predetermined portion of the side hinge arm 100 a of the second body 100.
JPH0586766A * Title not available
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U.S. Classification 16/342, 16/254, 379/433.13, 16/356, 16/267, 16/263
Cooperative Classification Y10T16/53615, Y10T16/536075, Y10T16/535, Y10T16/54038, Y10T16/543, H04M1/0216
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