Patent ID: 7200423

Claim:
A mobile terminal for changing the position of display unit in horizontal or vertical direction, wherein the mobile terminal comprising: a first casing having a key input unit with a plurality of keys; a second casing having a display unit for displaying characters or images; a connecting member of narrower width than the first casing or the second casing and of shorter height than the first casing or the second casing, having a first end to be hinge-connected to the first casing so as to let the connecting member and the first casing fold together by the first end, and a second end to be connected to one area of surface of the second casing so as to form contact surfaces on the second casing and the second end of the connecting member, wherein the contact surfaces having smaller area than the second casing; a rotating member provided between the contact surface of the second casing and the contact surface of the second end of the connecting member, for rotating the second casing along the contact surfaces within a predetermined angle, which comprising a first hole formed on the contact surface of the second end of the connecting member, a second hole formed on the contact surface of the second casing matching to the first hole, a rotation shaft member inserted into the first hole or the second hole to provide an axis for the second casing to rotate along the contact surface of the connecting member, and a rotation limiter for limiting the range of the rotation of the second casing within the predetermined angle, wherein the limitation being done by the contact of a protrusion and rotation ends and the predetermined angle being established by the rotation ends; and a signal processor for forming display screen to be shown on the display unit, which selectively formatting the display screen in a horizontal or a vertical resolution of image, and wherein the rotation shaft member comprising: a rotation shaft unit of cylindrical shape through which more than one connection lines pass for the electrical connection between the first casing and the second casing; a first anti-deviation unit protruded from the first end of the rotation shaft unit for preventing the rotation shaft unit from being deviated from one of the connecting member and the second casing, wherein the first anti-deviation unit being coupled so as to rotate during the rotation along with the one of the connecting member and the second casing; and a second anti-deviation unit extended from the second end of the rotation shaft unit for preventing the rotation shaft unit from being deviated from the other of the connecting member and the second casing, wherein the second anti-deviation unit being fastened so as to stick during the rotation to the other of the connecting member and the second casing.