COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20100296262A1
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jang Ho, Kim, Kwan Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,092,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/827
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/05 for coaxial cables
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0277 for a printed circuit board assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a communication terminal is discussed, by which a coaxial cable capable of carrying a pair of signals is provided to the communication terminal and by which the case performs a grounding function for the coaxial cable to enhance the grounding function.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a case having a plurality of inner surfaces;

a wireless communication unit provided in a lower part of the case;

a printed circuit board (PCB) part provided in an upper part of the case; and

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a coaxial cable including a first connecting wire;

an inner insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the first connecting wire;

a second connecting wire configured to enclose at least a part of the inner insulating layer; and

an outer insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the second connecting wire and to expose a portion of the second connecting wire;

wherein the coaxial cable connects the wireless communication unit and the PCB part, and wherein one of the inner surfaces of the case includes a plurality of fixing portions at predetermined intervals to fix the coaxial cable thereto and wherein the second connecting wire is connected to a grounding part provided in the case.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of inner surfaces includes an inner side surface, and

wherein the fixing portion is integrally formed with the case, and the fixing portion is provided on the inner side surface.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the case is formed of a metal based material having electric conductivity and wherein the grounding part is one of the inner surfaces of the case.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second connecting wires of the coaxial cable carry respectively different types of electrical signals.

5. A communication terminal comprising:

a first body having a display module;

a second body having a power supply unit;

a slide module provided between the first and second bodies and enables the first and second bodies to be slidably assembled;

a wireless communication unit provided in a lower part of the second body;

a printed circuit board (PCB) part provided in an upper part of the second body and being spaced apart from the wireless communication unit; and

a coaxial cable including a first connecting wire;

an inner insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the first connecting wire;

a second connecting wire configured to enclose at least a part of the inner insulating layer; and

an outer insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the second connecting wire and to expose a portion of the second connecting wire;

wherein the coaxial cable connects the wireless communication unit and the PCB part, and wherein the coaxial cable is fixed to an inner side surface of the second body, and wherein the first and second connecting wires of the coaxial cable carry respectively different types of electrical signals, and wherein the inner side surface of the second body includes a plurality of fixing portions at predetermined intervals integrally formed with a case of the second body to fix the coaxial cable thereto, and wherein the second connecting wire is connected to a grounding part provided in the case.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the grounding part is the case of the second body.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the case is formed of a metal based material having electric conductivity.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the second body has at least one manipulating unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the second body has a power supply unit loaded in the second body.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the power supply unit is loaded in a rear part of the second body.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the power supply unit is loaded in a lower part of the second body.

12. A communication terminal comprising:

a upper body;

a lower body assembled to the upper body;

a wireless communication unit provided in a predetermined part of one of the upper and lower bodies;

a printed circuit board (PCB) part provided in another part spaced from the predetermined part of the one of the upper and lower bodies;

a coaxial cable including connecting wires carry respectively different types of electrical signals and insulating layers insulating each connecting wires and outer surface of the coaxial cable; and

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wherein the coaxial cable is arranged along an inner side surface of one of the upper and lower bodies from the wireless communication unit to the PCB part, and wherein an inner surface of the case of one of the upper and lower bodies includes a plurality of fixing portions at predetermined intervals to fix the coaxial cable thereto.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the fixing portion is integrally formed with the case.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the fixing portion is provided on the inner side surface.

15. A communication terminal comprising:

at least one body having a housing;

a coaxial cable assembly comprising a first connecting wire;

an inner insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the first connecting wire;

a second connecting wire configured to enclose at least a part of the inner insulating layer;

an outer insulating layer configured to enclose at least a part of the second connecting wire; and

at least one circuit part connected to the second connecting wire to cut off electric waves and provided in the body;

a wireless communication unit provided in the body;

a PCB part including a plurality of electronic parts provided in the body and spaced apart from the wireless communication unit; and

a power supply unit provided in the body;

wherein the first connecting wire electrically connects the wireless communication unit and the PCB part, and the second connecting wire electrically connects the power supply unit and the PCB part, and, wherein the coaxial cable assembly is fixed to an inner side surface of the housing of the body by a plurality of fixing portions at predetermined intervals integrally formed with the inner side surface of the housing of the body.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the fixing portion is formed on the inner side surface of the housing of the body in a longitudinal direction of the inner side surface of the housing of the body at predetermined intervals.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the at least one circuit part includes:

a grounding part connected to the second connecting wire to ground the second connecting wire; and

a capacitor provided between the second connecting wire and the grounding part.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the first connecting wire carries an RF signal and the second connecting wire carries a power signal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the at least one circuit part includes:

a first circuit part provided at a first end portion of the second connecting wire; and

a second circuit part provided at a second end portion of the second connecting wire,

wherein at least one of the first and second circuit parts includes;

a grounding part connected to the second connecting wire to ground the second connecting wire; and

a capacitor provided between the second connecting wire and the grounding part.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the circuit part further comprises a connecting portion between the second connecting wire and the capacitor and a different wire is connected in parallel to the connecting portion.