Foldable mobile terminal
OwnerHideyuki Miyakeinventor
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Abstract
During opening/closing first and second housings of a foldable mobile terminal relative to each other, the first housing including a first display device and the second housing including a second display device are foldably connected together at hinge parts. When the first and second housings are opened/closed relative to each other, each of the hinge parts allow a front-side corner of a first fixed plate (front-side corner of the first display device) and a front-side corner of a second fixed plate (front-side corner of the second display device) to move in a linear pattern relative to the hinge parts as viewed from the side in the state in which the front-side corner of the first fixed plate and the front-side corner of the second fixed plate contact each other.
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A foldable mobile terminal, comprising:
- first and second housings respectively including first and second display devices, the first and second housings being foldably connected together at a hinge part,
- wherein the hinge part connects the first and second housings together such that, when the first and second housings are opened/closed relative to each other, a front-side corner of the first display device and a front-side corner of the second display device move in a linear pattern relative to the hinge part as viewed from side with the front-side corners of the first and second display devices contacting each other,
- each of the first and second display devices is covered by a light guide panel, and a light guide element provided in each of hinge-side end parts of the light guide panels allows each of images displayed on the first and second display devices to extend corresponding one of the hinge-side end parts, and
- a display region of the first display device and a display region of the second display device are continuously connected together when the first and second housings are opened/closed relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.