Mobile terminal
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMinoru Makino, Yuta Saito
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Abstract
The mobile terminal includes the rotary housing and the rotation support mechanism for supporting the rotary housing so as to rotate between the vertical position and the horizontal position. The rotation support mechanism includes a guide plate. A first slide pin and a second slide pin sliding relative to the guide plate upon rotation of the rotary housing are connected to the rotary housing. A guide hole for restricting sliding of the first slide pin is formed in the guide plate. The second slide pin and a rotary shaft provided in the guide plate are connected together through a linking member.
Claims12
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a rotary housing;
- a fixed housing;
- and
- a rotation support mechanism for supporting the rotary housing connected to the fixed housing such that the rotary housing rotates between a vertical position and a horizontal position,
- wherein the rotation support mechanism includes
- a guide plate,
- first and second slide members connected to the rotary housing and sliding along the guide plate upon rotation of the rotary housing,
- a guide hole formed in the guide plate and restricting sliding of the first slide member, and
- a linking member connecting the second slide member to a rotary shaft provided in the guide plate such that a distance between the second slide member and the rotary shaft is maintained constant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.