Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seong-Ho Ryu

Young-Jin Yi

Sung-Soo Go

Byeong-Ro Jeong

A device for electrically connecting a microphone mounted on a flip cover to an audio circuit of a telephone body. The flip cover is detachable from the telephone body when an excessive force is applied thereto. A hinge apparatus includes two hinge modules each including a hinge housing, a hinge shaft having a protrusion at an end and a shaft at another end, being assembled into the hinge housing; conductive means fixedly pressed into a through hole formed along an axis of the hinge shaft; a cam hinge having opposing protrusions and opposing indents formed alternately at one side, engaging with the hinge shaft, and a through hole formed along the axis of the hinge shaft; a hinge cover mounted so as to cover an end of the hinge housing, the hinge cover having a through hole formed along the axis of the hinge shaft, through which an electric wire passes; and a coil spring intervening between the cam hinge and the hinge cover to provide an elastic force. The flip cover includes a first connection terminal having a plane surface, a curved surface and a tension part, wherein the tension part maintains electrical contact with the conductive means, the first connection terminal being installed between a neck and a knuckle; and a microphone mounted on the flip cover, being connected to the first connection terminal via the electric wire, whereby the microphone is electrically connected to an audio circuit of the telephone body.

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Suwon-shi, South Korea

Seong-Ho Ryu