Patent ID: 7529568

Claim:
A hinge guide apparatus of a swing-type portable terminal having a body housing to and from which a battery pack is attached and detached, a swing housing rotating about a hinge axis vertically extending in a front surface of the body housing, and a hinge module having first and second hinge cams, a hinge shaft, and a swing plate to rotatably connecting the swing housing to the body housing, the hinge guide apparatus comprising: at least one engagement guide formed in the second hinge cam; and a hinge guide member provided between the first and second hinge cams and movably engaged with the engagement guide, the hinge guide member widening the first and second hinge cams without inclination, by moving along the engagement guide in the mounting direction of the battery pack in an inclined manner when the battery pack is mounted to the body housing and moving the first hinge cam upward in a direction of the hinge axis.