Portable computer on which a communication device can be mounted

• US 6,049,450 A
• Filed: 10/13/1998
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Cho, Kwan-Hwi, Kim, Nam-Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VORTMAN, ANATOLY
• Application Number:
  US09/170,290
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 361/683, 361/680-682, 361/686, 361/724-727, 345/169, 345/905, 429/96-100, 307/150, 348/552
• US Class Current: 361/679.27
• 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 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• 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 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0213 Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard, e.g. trackball, mini-joystick for pointing devices integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/169; joysticks G05G9/047; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable computer on which a communication device can be mounted. Its object lies in maintaining the communication device more conveniently when the portable computer is in use by mounting the communication device on the portable computer. The latter comprises a main body and a battery mounted in rotatable fashion, centering around the main body, and a communication device mounting part for mounting the communication device on a part formed by the main body and the battery.

Claims

1. A portable computer on which a communication device can be mounted, said portable computer comprising:

a main body;

a battery rotatably mounted on said main body; and

a mounting part for a communication device, said mounting part mounting said communication device on a part formed by said main body and said battery;

wherein said mounting part is exposed by rotating said battery around a hinge disposed on said main body.

2. The portable computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting part includes a protruding connecting part which is connected to a corresponding connecting part on said communication device, and a further hinge which is connected to an extendable part on said communication device.

3. The portable computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a stand for supporting said main body, said main body having a first connector and said stand having a second connector engageable with said first connector.

4. The portable computer as claimed in claim 3, wherein said stand includes a light receiving part for receiving a signal and circuit means connected to said light receiving part for transmitting said signal to said main body.

5. The portable computer as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a keyboard including a light generating part for generating light and transmitting said light to said light receiving part.

6. The portable computer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a hinge fixed to a first side of said main body and a cover connected to said hinge, said hinge and said cover being rotatable to a first position wherein said cover covers a second side of said main body, and said hinge and said cover being rotatable to a second position wherein said cover covers a third side of said main body.

7. The portable computer as claimed in claim 6, wherein said hinge has a first edge fixed to said first side and is rotatable about an axis extending along a length of said first side, said hinge having a second edge connected to said cover, said cover being rotatable about an axis extending along a length of said second edge.

8. The portable computer as claimed in claim 6, further comprising first and second pins insertable into first and second holes, respectively, formed in said first and second edges, respectively.

9. A portable computer on which a communication device can be mounted, said portable computer comprising:

a main body;

a battery rotatably mounted on said main body; and

a mounting part for a communication device, said mounting part mounting said communication device on a part formed by said main body and said battery;

wherein said mounting part includes a protruding connecting part which is connected to a corresponding connecting part on said communication device and a hinge which is connected to an extendable part on said communication device.

10. A portable computer on which a communication device can be mounted, said portable computer comprising:

a main body;

a battery rotatably mounted on said main body; and

a mounting part for a communication device, said mounting part mounting said communication device on a part formed by said main body and said battery;

wherein said main body has a portion which is discontinuous so as to form a slot therein for receiving a substantially flat object;

said portable computer further comprising a hinge mounted on said substantially flat object and positioned in said slot for mounting a digital camera on said substantially flat object.

11. The portable computer as claimed in claim 10, wherein said digital camera is rotatable about said hinge.

12. The portable computer as claimed in claim 10, wherein said substantially flat object comprises a PCMCIA card, and wherein a signal generated by said digital camera is transmitted to said portable computer via said PCMCIA card.

13. A portable computer, comprising:

a main body; and

a mounting part for mounting a communication device on a part of said main body;

wherein said mounting part includes a protruding connecting part which is connected to a corresponding connecting p)art on said communication device and a hinge which is connected to an extendable part on said communication device.

14. The portable computer as claimed in claim 13, wherein said main body has a portion which is discontinuous so as to form a slot therein for receiving a substantially flat object.

15. The portable computer as claimed in claim 14, further comprising an electrical connector mounted in said slot for receiving and transmitting an electrical signal from said substantially flat object.

16. The portable computer as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a further hinge mounted on said substantially flat object and positioned in said slot for mounting a digital camera on said substantially flat object.

17. The portable computer as claimed in claim 16, wherein said digital camera is rotatable about said further hinge.

18. The portable computer as claimed in claim 16, wherein said substantially flat object comprises a PCMCIA card, and wherein a signal generated by said digital camera is transmitted to said portable computer via said PCMCIA card.

19. A portable computer, comprising:

a main body having a first side, a second side and a third side, said second and third sides being parallel to each other and interconnected by said first side;

a first hinge fixed to said first side of said main body;

a cover connected to said hinge, said hinge and said cover being rotatable to a first position wherein said cover lies flat against and covers said second side of said main body, and said hinge and said cover being rotatable to a second position wherein said cover lies flat against and covers said third side of said main body;

a second hinge extending laterally from said first side and distally beyond said second side to retentively engage a first portion of a communication device; and

a fourth side generally parallel to said first side and positioned between said second side and said third side, said fourth side including a mounting extending laterally beyond said second side to operationally engage a second portion of the communication device while displaying the communication device in spaced juxtaposition to said second side.

20. The portable computer as claimed in claim 19, wherein said first hinge has a first edge fixed to said first side and is rotatable about an axis extending along a length of said first side, said first hinge having a second edge connected to said cover, said cover being rotatable about an axis extending along a length of said second edge.

21. The portable computer as claimed in claim 20, further comprising first and second pins insertable into first and second holes, respectively, formed in said first and second edges, respectively.