Portable electronic device

• US 9,473,602 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Jorgensen, Claus H.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN DUC
• Application Number:
  US14/612,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20150148099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/0216 Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0277 for a printed circuit board assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A portable electronic device including a first section, a second section and a connecting section. The first section has a user input section and a first tubular housing member. The first tubular housing member forms a majority of opposite exterior lateral sides of the first section. The second section has a display and a second tubular housing member. The second tubular housing member forms a majority of opposite exterior lateral sides of the second section. The connecting section movably connects the second section with the first section. The first tubular housing member at least partially houses the user input section. The second tubular housing member at least partially houses the display.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a one piece housing forming enclosed exterior lateral sides and a rear side;

a cut out in the rear side of said housing;

a camera located in said housing and extending to said cut out at said rear side;

an engine section comprising a printed circuit board, a transceiver, a processor and a memory;

a user input section located above the engine section and a battery, wherein the user input section is located adjacent the battery and the engine section;

wherein the battery and engine section are housed in the housing and the user input is located in an opening between said exterior lateral sides of said one piece housing of the portable electronic device.

2. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 wherein said one piece housing has a front side extending from and between the lateral sides.

3. A portable electronic device according to claim 2 wherein the front side extends parallel to the lateral edges.

4. A portable electronic device according to claim 3 wherein the front side forms at least a side of the opening through which the input device is located.

5. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the user input and a front side of the housing lie in a side by side arrangement.

6. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the one piece housing and the user input form a continuous surface of the portable electronic device.

7. A portable electronic device according to claim 6 further comprising a bracket wherein the user input section and the one piece housing define an interior volume and the bracket is configured to support said user input section.

8. A portable electronic device to claim 1 wherein the battery is located adjacent the engine section in a side by side arrangement.

9. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a cut out portion wherein the cut out portion projects from the rear side of the housing.

10. A portable electronic device according to claim 9 where the camera is partially located in the cut out portion.

11. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a door configured to support an electronic module.

12. A portable electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the electronic module is configured to interface to the engine section.

13. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a second camera located on a front side of the portable electronic device.

14. A portable electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the user input section is located directly adjacent the battery and the engine section.

15. A housing for a portable electronic device comprising:

a one piece housing forming enclosed exterior lateral sides and a rear side;

a cut out in the rear side of said housing, said cut out configured to receive at least part of a camera;

wherein the housing is configured to receive a battery and an engine section, wherein a user input is located in an opening between said exterior lateral sides of said one piece housing of the portable electronic device, wherein the battery and engine section are configured to be housed in the housing such that the user input section is located above the engine section and the battery, and wherein the user input section is located adjacent the battery and the engine section.

16. A housing for a portable electronic device according to claim 15 further comprising:

a front side extending between the lateral edges, said lateral sides and front side forming a aperture configured to receive the user input wherein the user input and the front side of the housing form a continuous front surface of the portable electronic device.

17. A housing according to claim 15 wherein the one piece housing has been extruded.

18. A housing according to claim 15 wherein the one piece housing comprises a metal.

19. A housing according to claim 15 wherein the housing has substantially at least one of an open top or bottom aperture.

20. A housing according to claim 19 wherein a antenna module is located at a aperture in the housing.

21. A housing according to claim 20 wherein the antenna module is enclosed by a antenna cover.

22. A mobile phone comprising:

a one piece housing of the mobile phone forming enclosed exterior lateral sides and a rear side of the mobile phone;

a cut out in the rear side of said housing;

a camera located in said housing and extending to said cut out at said rear side;

an engine section comprising a printed circuit board, a transceiver, a processor and a memory;

a user input section located above the engine section and a battery, wherein the user input section is located adjacent the battery and the engine section;

wherein the battery and engine section are housed in the housing and the user input is located in an opening between said exterior lateral sides of said one piece housing of the mobile phone.

23. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein said one piece housing has a front side extending from and between the lateral sides.

26. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein the user input and a front side of the housing lie in a side by side arrangement.

27. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein the one piece housing and the user input form a continuous surface of the mobile phone.

28. A mobile phone according to claim 27 further comprising a bracket wherein the user input section and the one piece housing define an interior volume and the bracket is configured to support said user input section.

29. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein the battery is located adjacent the engine section in a side by side arrangement.

30. A mobile phone according to claim 22 further comprising a cut out portion wherein the cut out portion projects from the rear side of the housing.

32. A mobile phone according to claim 22 further comprising a second camera on a front side of the mobile phone.

35. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein the user input section is located directly adjacent the battery and the engine section.

36. A mobile phone according to claim 22 wherein the transceiver is a mobile phone transceiver.

24. A mobile phone according to claim wherein the front side extends parallel to the lateral edges.

25. A mobile phone according to claim 24 wherein the front side forms at least a side of the opening through which the input device is located.

31. A mobile phone according to claim where the camera is partially located in the cut out portion.

33. A mobile phone according to claim further comprising a door configured to support an electronic module.

34. A mobile phone according to claim 33 wherein the electronic module is configured to interface to the engine section.