Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Qualcomm Incorporated

Sung-Ill Kang

Jong-Gun Bae

Seung-Hwan Lee

Chang-Heum Byun

In-Gon Park

Tae-Yun Kim

Seung-Min Park

Chang-soo Lee

Sung-Sun Park

Jae-Il Seo

Yong-Jin Lee

Jong-Cheon Wee

Dong Hwan Jeong

Byeong-Ro Jeong

Jun-Woo Park

Chang-Seok Bae

Young-Chun Kim

Ki-Bok Son

Yoo-Sug Yoon

Sung-June Hwang

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a mainboard, a housing, and a sealing member. The mainboard surface-mounts a socket connector thereon. The housing receives the mainboard and forms a through hole. The sealing member defines a space for receiving the socket connector via coupling with the mainboard and allows the space and the through hole of the housing to communicate with each other.

Electronic device

Disclosed herein is a sliding/hinge apparatus for sliding/rotating type mobile terminals, which can be slid and rotated from a body housing of the sliding/rotating type mobile terminal. The sliding/rotating type mobile terminal includes a body housing and a slide housing slidably mounted on the body housing. The apparatus comprises first and second hinge frames mounted in the body housing by means of screws, first and second plates, one or more slide bars, and a coupling unit inserted through the center parts of the first and second hinge frames so that the first and second hinge frames are rotatably coupled with each other while being opposite to each other.

Sliding/hinge apparatus for sliding/rotating type mobile terminals

A portable communication device including a first housing and second housing, wherein the second housing is connected to the first housing so that it is rotatable around a first hinge axis while facing a top surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing. The device also includes a third housing connected to the second housing so that it is rotatable around the first hinge axis while facing the top surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing, and rotatable around a third hinge axis to allow rotational movement of a display. A battery pack, serving as a grip, is connected to the first housing so that it is rotatable around a third hinge axis while facing a bottom surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing. A sensing unit is provided to sense whether the battery pack is rotated.

Portable communication device and method of sensing camera operation mode in the portable communication device

A hinge apparatus and a portable terminal are provided including a pair of housings configured to open or close and one of the housings is positioned in parallel with a side of the other to rotate the portable terminal about 90&#xb0; according to user preference. Thus, the user can enjoy the horizontal view of a screen of a display device. Consequently, the user can conveniently watch the screen provided through a multimedia service. The hinge apparatus that rotates a housing such that the housing is positioned in parallel with a side of the other housing provides a driving force exerted in a direction that is the same as or opposite to a direction the housing rotates to implement a semi-automatic operation and provide user convenience.

Hinge apparatus and portable terminal having the same

Disclosed are a swing-type portable digital communication terminal and a swing hinge device thereof. The portable digital communication apparatus comprises a main housing; a swing housing, which is in contact with the main housing in an initial state of the swing housing, the swing housing having a free end which becomes distant from the main housing when the swing housing is rotated around a first hinge axis, the swing housing being pushed by a force causing the swing housing to be automatically rotated around a second hinge axis and located in a final and inclined position of the swing housing when the swing housing has been rotated beyond a predetermined degree around the first hinge axis; and a swing hinge device mounted in the main housing and in close contact with a lower surface of the swing housing, so as to provide the force for rotating the swing housing into the inclined position of the swing housing.

Swing-type portable digital communication apparatus and swing hinge device thereof

A portable communication device is disclosed. The portable communication device comprises a first housing extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, a second housing rotated about a first hinge axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first housing such that the angle between a bottom surface of the second housing and a corresponding top surface of the first housing varies, and a cylindrical hinge housing disposed at one end of the first housing while a portion of the cylindrical hinge housing protrudes outward from the first housing. The first hinge axis extends in the diametrical direction of the cylindrical hinge housing wherein the second housing is attached to the cylindrical hinge housing while the second housing is rotated about the first hinge axis. The cylindrical hinge housing has a second hinge axis extending in the axial direction of the cylindrical hinge housing so that the second housing can rotate about the second hinge axis. The second hinge axis is perpendicular to the first hinge axis.

Portable communication device with two housings connected by cylindrical hinge

A swing hinge device of a portable terminal has a pair of housings, which are coupled to each other in such a manner that they can be rotated while facing each other. Using a resilient means and a pair of cams, the swing hinge device provides a rotational force so that one of the housings can be rotated semi-automatically to a position for allowing speech communication. The device also uses a hinge stopper, stopper washer, and the like to limit the range of rotation of the housings to 360&#xb0; or less in any direction. This avoids any damage to a flexible printed circuit board and the like, which is positioned between the pair of housings.

Swing hinge device for a portable terminal

A hinge system of a portable wireless terminal not only enables a folder to be opened from a terminal body but also enables front and rear surfaces of a folder of a portable wireless terminal to be turned over. The hinge system a folder-opening hinge module and a rotary-type hinge module, the cooperation of which realizes the above operation. The rotary-type hinge module includes a hinge housing rotatably assembled with the terminal body, a supporting shaft fixed to the hinge housing, and a rotary shaft rotatably assembled with the supporting shaft. The rotary shaft is connected with the folder and can be rotated with respect to the terminal body, thereby enabling the folder to be turned over in a state that the folder is opened.

Rotary type hinge module for portable wireless terminal

A hinge device of an information terminal, wherein the information terminal comprises a main body, a sub-body to be opened away from or closed to the main body while rotating about a hinge axis extending in one direction of the main body, and the hinge device for rotatably coupling the main body to the sub body. The hinge device comprises a driving part generating a driving force for rotating the sub body, and a clutch part for rotating the sub-body by the driving force of the driving part. When the sub-body rotates by external force, the clutch part prevents rotating force of the sub-body from being transmitted to the driving part. Such a hinge device configured as stated above allows the user to automatically open and close the sub-body of the information terminal by virtue of a driving motor provided therein, as well as to manually open and close it. Further, the user can freely adjust an opening angle of the sub-body to various angles, resulting in improvement in convenience of use. Furthermore, a clutch function provided in the hinge device prevents external force from affecting the driving motor.

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Gumi-si, South Korea

Sung-Ill Kang