Portable remote terminal having improved structure

• US 5,819,163 A
• Filed: 09/06/1996
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takahashi, Shigeru, Katou, Yoshiaki, Takagi, Hisamitsu, Tsukamoto, Yoshifumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BANKS HAROLD, MARSHA DENISE
• Application Number:
  US08/706,644
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 455/89, 455/90, 455/347, 455/348, 455/349, 455/350, 455/351, 455/300, 455/550, 379/428, 379/429, 379/433, 379/434, 361/815, 361/818
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• 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 1/0277 for a printed circuit board assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets

Abstract

A portable remote terminal includes a case, and a remote terminal body assembly into which at least a printed-circuit board having electric circuits required for the portable remote terminal and a loudspeaker electrically connected to the printed-circuit board are assembled, the remote terminal body assembly being housed in the case.

Claims

1. A portable remote terminal comprising:

a case having a front case assembly and a rear case assembly; and

a remote terminal body assembly into which at least a printed-circuit board having electric circuits required for said portable remote terminal, a loudspeaker electrically connected to said printed-circuit board and at least a shield plate for shielding said printed-circuit board are assembled, said printed-circuit board, said loudspeaker and said shield plate being operably coupled to each other, said remote terminal body assembly being housed in said case, said printed-circuit board being covered with said shield plate, wherein said remote terminal body assembly, having said printed-circuit board, said loudspeaker and said shield plate being operably coupled to each other, is capable of being tested when said remote terminal body assembly is separated from said front and rear case assemblies.

2. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said remote terminal body assembly further comprises a microphone assembled thereinto, said microphone being electrically connected to said printed-circuit board.

3. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case is formed of a first case assembly and a second case assembly.

4. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first case assembly comprises:

a first case body;

a lid for covering keys; and

a mechanism for pivotally supporting said lid so that said lid can be at a close position at which said lid covers the keys and at an open position at which the keys are exposed.

5. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein said mechanism has:

a shaft member rotatably mounted in said first case body;

an engagement portion formed in said lid, said shaft member being engaged with said engagement portion so that said lid is pivotally supported on said shaft;

a polygonal block formed at an end of said shaft member; and

a spring member, mounted in said first case body, having two elastic arm portions which sandwich said polygonal block so that said shaft member is pivoted with a click.

6. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 5, said mechanism further comprises a member for fixing said spring member in said first case body so that said two arm portions are movable in a direction perpendicular to an axis of said shaft member when said shaft member is pivoted.

7. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein said second case assembly comprises:

a second case body;

an antenna; and

a mechanism for electrically connecting said antenna to the printed-circuit board mounted in said remote terminal body assembly.

8. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein said mechanism has a leaf spring member having a first portion which is brought into contact with said antenna by a spring force thereof and a second portion which is elastically deformed so as to be in tight contact with said printed-circuit board mounted in said remote terminal body assembly when said remote terminal body assembly is housed in said case.

9. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein a holder supporting said loudspeaker and a circuit board connected to said loudspeaker is assembled into said remote terminal body assembly so that said circuit board is electrically connected to said printed-circuit board on which the electric circuits required for said portable remote terminal are formed.

10. A portable remote terminal comprising:

a case having a front case assembly and a rear case assembly; and

a remote terminal body assembly into which a chassis, a first printed-circuit board, a second printed circuit board electrically connected to said first printed-circuit board, a loudspeaker, a first shield plate for shielding said first printed-circuit board and a second shield plate for shielding said second printed-circuit board are assembled, said printed-circuit boards, said loudspeaker and said shield plates being operably coupled to each other, said remote terminal body assembly being housed in said case, said printed-circuit boards being covered with said shield plates, wherein said remote terminal body assembly, having said printed-circuit boards, said loudspeaker and said shield plates being operably coupled to each other, is capable of being tested when said remote terminal body assembly is separated from said front and rear case assemblies.

11. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein said first printed-circuit board is mounted on a first surface of said chassis, and said second printed-circuit board is mounted on a second surface of said chassis.

12. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first shield plate is mounted on said chassis so as to face said first printed-circuit board, and said second shield plate is mounted on said chassis so as to face said second printed-circuit board.

13. The portable remote terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein a holder supporting said loudspeaker and a third printed-circuit board connected to said loudspeaker is assembled into said remote terminal body assembly so that said third printed-circuit board is electrically connected to said first printed-circuit board.