Mobile terminal device
AssigneeNEC Mobile Communications, Ltd.
InventorRyota Michino
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Abstract
A mobile terminal device (1) according to the present invention includes a housing (10) that includes a frame (30), a housing (20) that includes a frame (40), and hinges (51 and 52) that couple the frame (30) and the frame (40) around a pivotal axis (50). The housings (10, 20) include touch panels (12, 22). The frame (30) includes supporting members (32, 33) that extend in a direction away from the pivotal axis (50) and the frame (40) includes supporting members (42, 43) that extend in a direction away from the pivotal axis (50). The hinges (51, 52) generate torque in a direction opposite to that of a stress acting on the touch panels (12, 22) when the housings (10, 20) form a predetermined angle.
Claims8
A mobile terminal device comprising:
- a first housing that comprises a first frame;
- a second housing that comprises a second frame;
- and
- a hinge that couples the first frame and the second frame around a pivotal axis, wherein:
- the first frame comprises a first supporting member that extends in a direction away from the pivotal axis,
- the second frame comprises a second supporting member that extends in a direction away from the pivotal axis,
- the first housing comprises a first touch panel provided on a principal surface thereof,
- the second housing comprises a second touch panel provided on a principal surface thereof,
- the hinge is provided on the outside of the first and second touch panels in a direction of the pivotal axis,
- the hinge couples the first and second housings in such a way as to allow the first and second housings to be in a first state in which the principal surface of the first housing and the principal surface of the second housing are substantially on the same plane and in a second state in which the principal surface of the first housing and the principal surface of the second housing face outwardly,
- when the principal surface of the first housing and the principal surface of the second housing are substantially on the same plane, the hinge generates torque in a direction opposite to that of the stress acting on the first and second touch panels,
- an antenna is provided in a periphery of the first frame in a direction of the pivotal axis,
- a supporting member that is the closest to a position of the first frame where the antenna is arranged is formed of a resin material, and
- other supporting members are formed of metallic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.