Folder-type communication apparatus

• US 20040137965A1
• Filed: 12/01/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Shigeri, Mitsuhiro, Hyun, Sang-Min, Park, Seung-Min, Lee, Ji-Young, Im, Jung-Hyeok, Kim, Sung-Kwon, Park, In-Gon
• Application Number:
  US10/724,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20040137965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0218 The hinge comprising input and/or output user interface means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A folder-type communication apparatus comprising a first housing having an open space and a pair of hinge supports, the open space having at least one opening, the hinge supports extending longitudinally and surrounding both opposite sides of the open space, a hinge axis extending across the open space, a second housing having upper and lower surfaces, rotatably connected to the first housing, the lower surface being provided with a first display, and a third housing having upper and lower surfaces, extending in a longitudinal direction of the second housing to be accommodated in the open space so that the third housing is capable to rotate about the hinge axis, wherein the second display is always exposed regardless of an open and close state of the second housing.

Claims

1. A portable communication apparatus, comprising:

a) first housing including an open space and a pair of hinge supports, the open space having at least one opening, the hinge supports extending longitudinally and surrounding opposite sides of the open space;

b) a hinge axis extending across the open space;

c) a second housing including a first display, rotatably connected to the first housing to open from and close to the first housing; and

d) a third housing including a second display, extending in a longitudinal direction of the second housing to be accommodated in the open space to enable the third housing to rotate about the hinge axis;

wherein the second display is always exposed regardless of an open and close state of the second housing to the first housing.

2. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first housing has an upper surface including a plurality of keys and a microphone, and wherein the second housing has the lower surface including a speaker device.

3. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third housing is integrally connected to the second housing.

4. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower surface of the third housing protrudes from the lower surface of the second housing in a stepped shape.

5. A portable communication apparatus, comprising:

a) first housing including an open space and a pair of hinge supports, the open space having at lest one opening, the hinge supports extending longitudinally and surrounding opposite sides of the open space;

b) a hinge axis extending across the open space;

c) a second housing including a first display and a second display;

wherein said first display and said second display are looked upward the same direction, and said second display is always exposed regardless of an open and close state of the second housing to the first housing.

6. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first housing has an upper surface including a plurality of keys and a microphone, and wherein the second housing has the lower surface including a speaker device.

7. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the third housing is integrally connected to the second housing.

8. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the lower surface of the third housing protrudes from the lower surface of the second housing in a stepped shape.