Portable Electronic Device

• US 20110007892A1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Jorgensen, Claus H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,363,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/433.13
• 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

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A portable electronic device comprising:

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

a battery located adjacent the engine section; and

a user input section located above the engine section and the battery, wherein the user input section is located directly opposite the battery without a portion of the engine section therebetween.

26. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the battery is located at a lateral side of the engine section.

27. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the engine section is located at opposite sides of the battery.

28. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the portable electronic device comprises a first section comprising a first one-piece housing member having a general tubular shape and forming opposite exterior lateral sides of the first section, wherein the engine section, battery and user input section are housed in the first section.

29. A portable electronic device as in claim 28 wherein the portable electronic device comprises a second section pivotably connected to the first section, wherein the second section comprises a second one-piece housing member having a general tubular shape and forming opposite exterior lateral sides of the second section.

30. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the portable electronic device comprises a first section pivotably connected to a second section by a hinge, wherein the hinge comprises a first hinge member connected to the first section and a second hinge member connected to the second section;

and the portable electronic device further comprises a camera connected to the second section, wherein the camera is housed at an exterior side of the portable electronic device by a junction of a portion of the second hinge member and a portion of a one-piece second tubular housing member of the second section, wherein the second tubular housing member forms opposite exterior lateral sides of the second section.

31. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the battery is located alongside the engine section in a substantial side by side arrangement.

32. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the battery is located between two portions of the engine section.

33. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the user input section comprises a keypad.

34. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein a width of the battery is about less than half a width of the portable electronic device.

35. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein a width of the engine section is about less than half a width of the portable electronic device.

36. A portable electronic device as in claim 25 wherein the portable electronic device comprises a mobile phone.

37. An apparatus comprising:

a housing member comprising a top end, a bottom end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, wherein the first and second lateral sides extend between the top end and the bottom end, and wherein a width of the housing member extends between the first lateral side and the second lateral side;

an engine section comprising a printed circuit board, a transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein a lateral side of the engine section is proximate the first lateral side of the housing member, and wherein a width of the engine section is about less than half the width of the housing member;

a battery adjacent the engine section, wherein a lateral side of the battery is proximate the second lateral side of the housing member, and wherein a width of the battery is about less than half the width of the housing member; and

a user input section at a front side of the housing member, wherein the user input section is disposed directly opposite the battery.

38. An apparatus as in claim 37 wherein the user input section is located above the engine section and the battery, and wherein the user input section is located directly opposite the battery without a portion of the engine section therebetween.

39. An apparatus as in claim 37 wherein the battery is between the second lateral side of the housing member and another different lateral side of the engine section.

40. An apparatus as in claim 37 wherein the engine section comprises a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the battery is located between the first portion and the second portion of the engine section.

41. A method comprising:

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

providing a battery located adjacent the engine section; and

providing a user input section above the engine section and the battery, wherein the user input section is located directly opposite the battery without a portion of the engine section therebetween.

42. A method as in claim 41 wherein the providing of the engine section and the providing of the battery further comprises providing the engine section and the battery in a substantial side by side arrangement.

43. A method as in claim 41 wherein the providing of the battery further comprises disposing the battery between two portions of the engine section.

44. A method as in claim 41 wherein the providing of the engine section, the providing of the battery, and the providing of the user input section further comprises providing the engine section, the battery, and the user input section at a housing member, wherein a width of the battery is about less than half a width of the housing member, and wherein a width of the engine section is about less than half a width of the housing member.