MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20090156255A1
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SHIN, Man-Soo, Joo, Won-Seok, Yang, Kyung-Tae, Jang, Jong-Hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a display unit; a band connected with both ends of the terminal body; and a manipulation unit disposed on the terminal body and moving in multiple directions based on a central shaft.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal configured to be worn on a wrist of a user, comprising:

a terminal body including a controller, a wireless transceiver and a display;

a band connected with both ends of the terminal body;

an antenna included in the band; and

a manipulation unit disposed on the terminal body and configured to move in multiple directions along a rotational axis, the manipulation unit configured to control one of the wireless transceiver and the display.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the manipulation unit comprises a wheel having a rotational shaft parallel to a widthwise direction of the terminal body.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a first and second push key, the first push key located adjacent to a first end of the rotational shaft, and the second push key located adjacent to a second end of the rotational shaft.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to display symbols on the display, and to recognize an input of a symbol into a control function based on one of a forward rotation of the wheel, a reverse rotation of the wheel, and a pressing operation of one of the first and second push keys.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal body comprises:

a speaker,

a first mounting part, and

a second and a third mounting part disposed at respective ends of the first mounting part,

wherein the display unit is disposed on the first mounting part, the manipulating part is disposed on the second mounting part, and the speaker is disposed on the third mounting part.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the second and third mounting parts are symmetrical to each other relative to the first mounting part, and are arranged in a slanting manner relative to the first mounting part.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the terminal body comprises:

a first frame having a contact face arranged to be in contact with the wrist of the user, and having first and second end connection portions configured to connect with respective ends of the band; and

a second and a third frame connected to an upper portion of the first frame and respectively forming the second and third mounting parts.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

a first and second screw connecting the first and second end connection portions to the respective ends of the band.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a first seal that seals a gap between the terminal body and the band.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first seal comprises a skirt formed on the terminal body and covers an edge of an end portion of the band such that the skirt overlaps with the edge of the end portion of the band in a lengthwise direction.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the edge of the band is chamfered and a contact portion of the skirt is sloped to be in surface-contact with the edge of the band.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

through holes, through which the manipulation unit is exposed, formed in the second and third frames; and

a second seal formed on an inner side of the through holes to hermetically seal a gap between the through holes and the manipulation unit.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the second seal is attached to edges of the manipulation unit and comprises urethane or a silicon resin, the second seal pressed by the second and third frames.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising:

a third seal arranged to hermetically seal a gap between the first and second frames, the third seal comprising a urethane resin coated along the gap between the first and second frames.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving hole configured to receive a card and formed on a rear surface of the terminal body; and

a cover detachably mounted on the receiving hole.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

a charging terminal disposed at one side of the cover and configured to charge an installed battery.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving hole configured to receive a card and formed on the rear surface of the terminal body; and

a horizontally rotatable cover mounted on the receiving hole .

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, further comprising:

an insertion hole arranged to receive the card when the cover is rotated to a first rotational angle.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, further comprising:

a charging terminal configured to charge a battery located in the receiving hole, the charging terminal exposed through the insertion hole when the cover is rotated to a second rotational angle different from the first rotational angle.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the receiving hole comprises:

a receptacle formed to enable the card or a plug to be connected therewith.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the card is a UIM/SIM card, and the plug has the shape of the UIM/SIM card.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the plug is connected with an input or output cable.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the receptacle additionally comprises a pair of detector pins configured to detect whether or not the plug is inserted.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 23, further comprising:

a conductive connection pad arranged on a surface of the plug so that the detector pins are short-circuited when the plug is inserted.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the terminal body comprises:

a controller configured to change a plug connection mode when the UIM/SIM card is not mounted or the detector pins are short-circuited.