MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110065474A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Jaewoo, Lee, Jaewook, Won, Changbai, Hwang, Yongjin
• Application Number:
  US12/878,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20110065474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• 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 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• 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: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal main body having a touch screen, and a flip cover foldably coupled to the terminal main body and configured to have a closed state and an open state, the flip cover including a first solar cell disposed on a front surface, a second solar cell disposed on a rear surface, and a display window, where the display window allows one region of the touch screen to be viewable in the closed state.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal main body having a touch screen; and

a flip cover foldably coupled to the terminal main body and configured to have a closed state and an open state, the flip cover including a first solar cell disposed on a front surface of the flip cover, a second solar cell disposed on a rear surface of the flip cover, and a display window,

wherein the display window allows one region of the touch screen to be viewable in the closed state.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a housing configured to cover the first solar cell and the second solar cell and to separate a first substrate from a second substrate, wherein the first solar cell is formed on the first substrate and the second solar cell is formed on the second substrate disposed in parallel to the first substrate.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second solar cells are attached onto one surface of one substrate and the opposite surface of another substrate respectively.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second solar cells are integrally formed.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the first and second solar cells are connected to each other by being curved and extended from one end portion of the flip cover.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the display window is formed through the flip cover.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the display window further comprises a transparent panel.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the flip cover further includes a stopper configured to control the terminal main body to be held at a preset angle with respect to a horizontal surface.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein a size of the flip cover is as large as to protect the touch screen in the closed state.

10. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a receiver at one side of the flip cover.

11. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the housing includes a protection film formed on both the front surface and the rear surface of the flip cover and configured to protect the first and the second solar cells.

12. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the touch screen is configured to output a charged state by the first and second solar cells.

13. A mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal main body having a touch screen; and

a flip cover foldably coupled to the terminal main body and configured to have a closed state and an open state, the flip cover including;

a first solar cell disposed on a front surface of the flip cover;

a second solar cell disposed on a rear surface of the flip cover;

a display window formed through the flip cover and configured to allow one region of the touch screen to be viewable in the closed state;

a housing configured to cover the first solar cell and the second solar cell;

a stopper configured to control the terminal main body to be held at a preset angle with respect to a horizontal surface; and

a receiver at one side of the flip cover.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the housing includes a protection film, which is formed on both the front surface and the rear surface of the flip cover and which separates the first solar cell from the second solar cell.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the first solar cell is formed on a first substrate and the second solar cell is formed on a second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrates are parallel to each other.