Patent ID: 7586538

Claim:
An apparatus for locking a camera of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising: a camera housing comprising a camera lens; a casing in which the camera housing is rotatably inserted; and a rotation angle fixing unit operating between the camera housing and the casing, and configured to fix a rotation angle of the camera housing, the rotation angle fixing unit comprising: a gear member formed at an end of an extension shaft extending from a first side of the camera housing; and a fixing means formed within the casing for engaging the gear member and provided with a base member having a first end portion coupled to the casing and a second end portion configured to pivot about the first end portion toward or away from the gear member, wherein the gear member and the extension shaft extending from the first side of the camera housing are rotatably inserted into the casing, and a second side of the camera housing is not inserted into the casing and is exposed toward an opposite direction of the casing such that an entire surface of the second side is visible, the second side being an opposite side of the first side.