Mobile terminal

• US 7,794,239 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Issued: 09/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bluebird Soft Incorporated (Bluebird,Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bluebird Soft Incorporated (Bluebird,Inc.)
• Inventors: An, Hyun Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen; Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US12/515,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20090305580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.1, 439/587, 439/271, 439/589
• US Class Current: 439/76.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0249 Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/18 Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment H04M1/19 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a casing having an upper casing and a lower casing which are disassembled from and assembled to each other with respect to a main board, a connection terminal portion sealed with the casing to prevent intrusion of water through a gap between the connection terminal portion and the casing and having a plurality of connection terminals having one side exposed to the outside of the casing, and a joint terminal portion electrically connected to the main board and having a plurality of joint terminals respectively and electrically connected to the connection terminals in an elastically pressed state when the upper casing and the lower casing are assembled to each other.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a casing including an upper casing and a lower casing which are disassembled from and assembled to each other with respect to a main board;

a connection terminal portion sealed with the casing to prevent intrusion of water through a gap between the connection terminal portion and the casing, and including a plurality of connection terminals including one side exposed to the outside of the casing; and

a joint terminal portion electrically connected to the main board, and including a plurality of elastic joint terminals respectively and electrically connected to the connection terminals in an elastically pressed state when the upper casing and the lower casing are assembled to each other.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a sealing member coupled to the connection terminal portion and the casing between the connection terminal portion and the casing and sealing the gap between the connection terminal portion and the casing.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the sealing member is a double-side tape.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the connection terminal portion is coupled to an opening portion formed in a lower surface of the lower casing, and the connection terminal portion further comprises a terminal frame to which the connection terminals are coupled to allow the other side of each of the connection terminals to be exposed toward the joint terminal portion.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the connection terminals are insert injection molded during injection molding of the terminal frame, and provided integrally with the terminal frame.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein surfaces of the connection terminals exposed to the outside of the casing are on a same plane substantially parallel to the lower surface of the lower casing where the opening portion is formed, and surfaces of the connection terminals facing the joint terminal portion are on a same plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of the terminal frame.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the joint terminals are a plurality of POG pins and the joint terminal portion is coupled to the main board.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the joint terminal portion further comprises a pin support block formed of an insulation material integrally supporting the POG pins.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein each of the POG pins comprises:

a pin accommodation portion having one end coupled to the main board and the other end protruding from a surface of the main board in a vertical direction and having an exposure hole formed in an exposure end;

a pin partially accommodated in the pin accommodation portion to allow one end to be externally exposed through the exposure hole; and

an elastic member provided in the pin accommodation portion, having both ends arranged between the main board and the pin, and elastically biasing the pin in a direction in which the pin is exposed from the pin accommodation portion.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein an escape prevention portion having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the exposure hole to prevent the pin from escaping from the exposure hole is formed at an end portion of the pin contacting the elastic member.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, being an industrial PDA.