US 12,015,726 B2Granted

Mobile terminal

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsInsu Song, Timothy Kang, Kyuho Lee, Minsoo Kim

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Abstract

Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal switchable from a first state to a second state by extending in the first direction, including a first frame, a second frame movable from the first frame in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a slide frame movable in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second frame, and a support link having one end hinged to the first frame and an opposite end hinged to the second frame, the support link having a variable length. The mobile terminal may maintain a flat state regardless of change in the state of the mobile terminal by preventing the front surface from being separated or sagging.

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Dependent claims

A mobile terminal comprising:

a first frame;
a second frame movable with respect to the first frame in a first direction such that the mobile terminal is switched from a first state to a second state or in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that the mobile terminal is switched from the second state to the first state;
wherein the first frame comprises:
a first front portion positioned at a front portion of the mobile terminal;
a first rear portion positioned at a rear portion of the mobile terminal;
a side portion positioned between the first front portion and the first rear portion;
and
a middle fastening portion configured to fasten the first front portion to the first rear portion,
wherein the side portion and the middle fastening portion are positioned on the first frame to maintain a gap between the first front portion and the first rear portion.

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Facts

Application: 17/565,078Filed 29 Dec 2021 · continuation
Priority: WO PCT/KR2020/0047718 Apr 2020
Published: US 2022/0124189 A121 Apr 2022
Granted: 18 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04M 1/0237
Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation…
F16H 19/04
For interconverting rotary or oscillating motion and reciprocating motion: comprising a rack
G06F 1/1624
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with sliding enclosures, e.g.…
G06F 1/1652
Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing: the display being flexible,…

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Application16/944,013Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Jul 2020
US 2022/0124189 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Apr 2022
US 11,245,781 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0320992 A1Published application
US 12,015,726 B2This patent

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