US 7,406,343 B2Granted

Hinge and mobile phone with the hinge

AssigneeCheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorKuo-Wei Hung

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Abstract

A mobile phone has a cover with a first bearing extending parallel with the cover, a body with a second bearing at a corner thereof and extending perpendicular thereto, and a hinge rotationally coupling the cover and the body. The hinge includes a crankshaft that has a transverse shaft and a vertical shaft extending perpendicularly from an end of the transverse shaft, a first cam assembly disposed on the transverse shaft, and a second cam assembly disposed on the vertical shaft. The first cam assembly together with the transverse shaft is retained by the first bearing to enable the cover to be rotatable relative to the body about a transverse axis. The second cam assembly together with the vertical shaft is retained by the second bearing to enable the cover to be rotatable relative to the body about a vertical axis. Thus the cover can be firstly rotated vertically 180 degrees about the transverse axis and then rotated horizontally 180 degrees about the vertical axis to a position where the cover is side by side with the body.

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Dependent claims

A hinge adapted for rotationally coupling a cover and a body of a mobile phone about two perpendicular axes comprising:

a crankshaft having a transverse shaft and a vertical shaft extending perpendicularly from an end of the transverse shaft, the transverse shaft having a first keyed surface, the vertical shaft having a second keyed surface;
a first cam assembly disposed on the transverse shaft, the first cam assembly together with the transverse shaft being adapted to be assembled with said cover, the first cam assembly comprising:
a first cannular cam disposed on the transverse shaft, the first cannular cam having a third keyed surface on an outer wall thereof so as to be keyed to said cover;
a first cannular cam follower having a fourth keyed surface on an inner wall thereof, the first cannular cam follower being disposed on and keyed to the transverse shaft with the fourth keyed surface engaging with the first keyed surface;
and
a first resilient means disposed on the transverse shaft for resiliently biasing the first cannular cam and the first cannular cam follower into engagement;
and
a second cam assembly disposed on the vertical shaft, the second cam assembly together with the vertical shaft being adapted to be assembled with said body, the second cam assembly comprising:
a second cannular cam disposed on the vertical shaft and fixed to said body;
a second cannular cam follower having a fifth keyed surface on an inner wall thereof, the second cannular cam follower being disposed on and keyed to the vertical shaft with the fifth keyed surface engaging with the second keyed surface;
and
a second resilient means disposed on the vertical shaft for resiliently biasing the second cannular cam and the second cannular cam follower into engagement.

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A mobile phone comprising:

a cover having a first display panel and a first bearing, the first bearing defining a first cavity therein extending parallel with the first display panel;
a body having a second bearing at a corner thereof, the second bearing defining a second cavity therein extending perpendicular to the body;
and
a hinge rotationally coupling the cover and the body, the hinge comprising:
a crankshaft having a transverse shaft and a vertical shaft extending perpendicularly from an end of the transverse shaft, the transverse shaft having a first keyed surface, the vertical shaft having a second keyed surface;
a first cam assembly disposed on the transverse shaft, the first cam assembly together with the transverse shaft being retained by the first cavity of the cover, the first cam assembly including:
a first cannular cam having a third keyed surface on an outer wall thereof, the first cannular cam being disposed on the transverse shaft and keyed to the first cavity;
a first cannular cam follower having a fourth keyed surface on an inner wall thereof, the first cannular cam follower being disposed on and keyed to the transverse shaft with the fourth keyed surface engaging with the first keyed surface;
and
a first resilient means disposed on the transverse shaft for resiliently biasing the first cannular cam and the first cannular cam follower into engagement;
and
a second cam assembly disposed on the vertical shaft, the second cam assembly together with the vertical shaft being retained by the second cavity of the body, the second cam assembly including:
a second cannular cam disposed on the vertical shaft and fixed to the body;
a second cannular cam follower having a fifth keyed surface on an inner wall thereof, the second cannular cam follower being disposed on and keyed to the vertical shaft with the fifth keyed surface engaging with the second keyed surface;
and
a second resilient means disposed on the vertical shaft for resiliently biasing the second cannular cam and the second cannular cam follower into engagement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.