Patent ID: 8588858

Claim:
A portable terminal having a pair of housings, comprising: a guide rib formed at an upper end of a first housing in which the guide rib is thinner than a thickness of the first housing to provide a reception groove; a first hinge member engaged with the first housing for rotating about a first hinge axis extended along a length direction of the first housing; a second hinge member having a hinge housing formed in a second housing, the hinge housing extending along a width direction of the second housing; and an additional device accommodated in the hinge housing, wherein the hinge housing is positioned in the reception groove, covered by the guide rib as the second housing covers the first housing, and the hinge housing rotates about a second hinge axis extended along the width direction of the second housing with one end of the hinge housing engaged with the first hinge member, and wherein the second housing is opened to a side of the first housing via a rotation of the first hinge member about the first hinge axis, and the second housing is opened upward from the first housing via a rotation of the second hinge member about the second hinge axis; wherein the hinge housing is cylindrically-shaped and the additional device accommodated in the hinge housing comprises at least one of a speaker phone or a camera module.