Mobile terminal module and watch type mobile terminal

• US 10,488,825 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Chanwook, Lee, Minbok, Kim, Myungsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Wicklund, Daniel P
• Application Number:
  US15/671,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20180314213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/045 Mounting of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings

Abstract

A mobile terminal module has a display unit for displaying an image. A frame having the display unit disposed in an upper portion thereof has a first coupling portion. A bracket disposed in an upper portion of the display unit has a second coupling portion coupled to the first coupling portion to fix the display unit and the frame. A control board fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket controls an operation of the display unit. A power supply unit fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket supplies electric power to the display unit and the control board and a touch window fixed to an upper surface of the bracket recognizes a touch input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal module comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image;

a frame having the display unit disposed in an upper portion thereof and comprising a first coupling portion;

a bracket disposed in an upper portion of the display unit and comprising a second coupling portion coupled to the first coupling portion to fix the display unit and the frame;

a control board fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket and configured to control an operation of the display unit;

a power supply unit fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket and configured to supply electric power to the display unit and the control board;

a touch window fixed to an upper surface of the bracket and configured to recognize touch input;

hands disposed in an upper portion of the display unit, the hands configured to move to point to a current time as time passes;

a display tape disposed between the bracket and the display unit and having adhesiveness on both surfaces thereof; and

a window tape disposed between the touch window and the bracket and having adhesiveness on both surfaces thereof,

wherein the display tape and the window tape each have a shape and a size corresponding to a shape and size of the bracket, and

wherein the bracket is configured to form a predetermined space between the display unit and the touch window for the hands to move in the predetermined space.

2. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, wherein one of the first and second coupling portions is formed as a hook and the other one is formed as a hooking portion to which the hook is hooked.

3. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, wherein the first coupling portion is formed in a lateral surface of the frame.

4. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises at least one guide portion extended from an outer surface downward,

wherein a slot is formed in a lateral surface of the frame and corresponding to the guide portion in the size and the shape, and

wherein the bracket is coupled to an upper portion of the display unit as the guide portion is inserted in the slot.

5. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, wherein at least one boss is projected from an upper surface of the frame upward,

wherein a boss groove is recessed from a lower surface of the bracket and corresponding to the boss in the size and the shape, and

wherein the frame is coupled to an upper portion of the display unit as the boss is inserted in the boss groove.

6. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, further comprising:

a drive unit configured to supply a drive power to the hands.

7. The mobile terminal module of claim 6, wherein a distance or height from the upper surface of the display unit to the touch window is larger than a distance or height of a connecting portion for connecting the hands to the drive unit.

8. The mobile terminal module of claim 1, wherein at least one first reference portion is displayed on an upper surface of the touch window,

wherein at least one second reference portion is formed in an upper surface of the bracket, and

wherein the touch window is fixedly coupled to the upper surface of the bracket as the first reference portion is located in a corresponding position to the second reference portion.

9. A watch type mobile terminal comprising:

a mobile terminal module comprising;

a display unit for displaying an image;

a frame having the display unit disposed in an upper portion thereof and comprising a first coupling portion;

a bracket disposed in an upper portion of the display unit and comprising a second coupling portion coupled to the first coupling portion to fix the display unit and the frame;

a control board fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket and configured to control an operation of the display unit;

a power supply unit fixedly coupled to the frame or the bracket and configured to supply electric power to the display unit and the control board;

a touch window fixed to an upper surface of the bracket and configured to recognize touch input;

hands disposed in an upper portion of the display unit, the hands configured to move to point to a current time as time passes;

a display tape disposed between the bracket and the display unit and having adhesiveness on both surfaces thereof; and

a window tape disposed between the touch window and the bracket and having adhesiveness on both surfaces thereof,

wherein the display tape and the window tape each have a shape and a size corresponding to a shape and size of the bracket, and

wherein the bracket is configured to form a predetermined space between the display unit and the touch window for the hands to move in the predetermined space,

a first housing comprising an accommodating space for accommodating the mobile terminal module;

a second housing coupled to the first housing and covering the accommodating space; and

a strap connected to the first housing and winding a user'"'"'s wrist.

10. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first coupling portion is formed in a lateral surface of the frame.

11. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the bracket comprises at least one guide portion extended from an outer surface downward,

wherein a slot is formed in a lateral surface of the frame and corresponding to the guide portion in the size and the shape, and

wherein the bracket is coupled to an upper portion of the display unit as the guide portion is inserted in the slot.

12. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein at least one boss is projected from an upper surface of the frame upward,

wherein a boss groove is recessed from a lower surface of the bracket and corresponding to the boss in the size and the shape, and

wherein the frame is coupled to an upper portion of the display unit as the boss is inserted in the boss groove.

13. The watch type mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising:

a drive unit configured to supply a drive power to the hands,

wherein the distance or height from the upper surface of the display unit to the touch window is larger than that of a connecting portion for connecting the hands to the drive unit.