Swing hinge device of a portable terminal

Abstract

A swing hinge device of a portable terminal for rotatably coupling a pair of housings included in the portable terminal while maintaining the housings facing each other, includes a hinge housing, a hinge cam received in the hinge housing to perform a linearly reciprocating movement in a longitudinal direction of the hinge housing in accordance with a predetermined elastic force applied to the hinge cam, a hinge shaft received in the hinge housing to face the hinge cam and to be rotatable about a hinge axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the hinge housing, and a housing cap fixed to one end of the hinge housing to confine the hinge cam and the hinge shaft in the hinge housing in a state, in which the hinge shaft is partially protruded from the housing cap. The hinge cam and the hinge shaft are hollow to define a wiring hole extending through the hinge housing in the longitudinal direction of the hinge housing when the housing cap is fixed to the hinge housing.

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