FLIP GRIP HINGE ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20080031606A1
• Filed: 08/04/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: SCHMERTMANN, NEIL J., ZAX, GLENN S.
• Application Number:
  US11/462,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20080031606A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/56
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0208 characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

An electronic device (100 or 200) can include a grip handle member (204) having at least one electronic function, and a core device (202) pivotably coupled to the grip handle member. The grip handle member can include among a microphone (210) and a speaker (208) on opposing ends of the grip handle, a camera or video camera (206 or 250) that can have a pop-out camera lens or a pivoting camera lens. The grip handle member can include at least one loudspeaker (207). The core device can further include a display or touch screen (212) or a transceiver (117) and an antenna (119) within the core device or the grip handle member or both. The electronic device can be any number of devices including a cellular, camera or smart phone, two-way radio, cordless phone, laptop computer, personal digital assistant, camera, video camera, video conferencing device, or any combination thereof.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a grip handle member having at least one electronic function; and

a core device pivotably coupled to the grip handle member, wherein the at least one electronic function of the grip handle member operates cooperatively with a plurality of functions of the core device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the grip handle member is U-shaped and further comprises a microphone and a low volume speaker on opposing ends of the grip handle.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the grip handle member further comprises a camera or a videocamera.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the core device further comprises a display or touch screen.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the core device further comprises a transceiver.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises an antenna within the core device or the grip handle member or both.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a touch screen and a removable stylus within the core device that in a first stored position prevents a relative pivoting between the core device and the grip handle member and in a second stored position unlocks the cored device from grip handle member enabling the relative pivoting.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the grip handle member further comprises at least one loudspeaker.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the grip handle member further forms an acoustic cavity volume.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the grip handle member further comprises a pop-out camera lens or a pivoting camera lens.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the core device comprises a input/output port or charger port that is protected when the grip handle member is in a closed position with respect to the core device and is exposed when the grip handle member is in an unlocked position.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a cellular phone, a two-way radio, a cordless home phone, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a camera phone, a smart phone, a camera, a video camera, a video conferencing device, or any combination thereof.

13. A portable communication device, comprising:

a grip handle member having a earpiece speaker on a first end and a microphone on a second end;

a core device pivotably coupled to the grip handle member at a pivot point and operates cooperatively with a function of the grip handle member; and

an antenna and a transceiver in the grip handle member or the core device, wherein the antenna substantially remains at least as far away from a user as the pivot point.

14. The portable communication device of claim 13, wherein the grip handle member further comprises a camera or a videocamera that includes a pop-out camera lens or a pivot camera lens.

15. The portable communication device of claim 13, wherein the core device further comprises a display or touch screen.

16. The portable communication device of claim 13, wherein the portable communication device further comprises a touch screen and a removable stylus within the core device that in a first stored position prevents a relative pivoting between the core device and the grip handle member and in a second stored position unlocks the cored device from grip handle member enabling the relative pivoting.

17. The portable communication device of claim 13, wherein the grip handle member further comprises at least one loudspeaker.

18. The portable communication device of claim 13, wherein the grip handle member further forms an acoustic cavity volume.

19. A portable communication device, comprising:

a grip handle member having a earpiece speaker on a first end and a microphone on a second end;

a core device pivotably coupled to the grip handle member at a pivot point;

an antenna and a transceiver in the grip handle member or the core device; and

a camera or video camera in the grip handle member.

20. The portable communication device of claim 19, wherein the camera or video camera further comprises a pop-out camera lens or a pivot camera lens.