HOUSING, AND A MOBILE DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME

• US 20120172092A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: HONMA, Yasuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,588,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• 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 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In the present invention, a rear cover 1 of a display part is made of at least a resin material, and a rear cover 4 of an operation part is made of a metal material. Respective plane portions of a front case 2 of the display part and a front case 3 of the operation part are made mainly of a metal material, and at least hinge parts 2c and 3c, which are formed on the front case 2 of the display part and the front case 3 of the operation part, are made of a resin material.

Claims

1. A housing, comprising:

a metal structure which has a first plate, a second plate parallel to the first plate, and a first side plate intersecting with the first plate and the second plate, the first plate and the second plate, in the metal structure, being connected through the side plate,

an armoring body which is made of resin, and is formed in contact with the first plate.

2. The housing according to claim 1, wherein:

a pair of the first plate and the second plate are respectively provided on opposing both ends of the second plate, and face each other,

the armoring body is respectively formed on opposing both ends.

3. The housing according to claim 2, wherein:

the armoring body is formed in contact with the pair of the first plate and the second plate.

4. The housing according to claim 1, wherein:

the armoring body is formed in such a way as to extend across the first plate and the first side plate.

5. The housing according to claim 1, wherein:

the metal structure further has a second side plate which intersects with main surfaces of the first plate and the second plate, at another end of the second plate that differs from one end at which the first side plate is provided.

6. The housing according to claim 5, wherein:

the first side plate and the second side plate of the metal structure, which are connected to the ends of the second plate, are integrally connected by sides which are adjacent each other.

7. The housing according to claim 5, wherein:

the metal structure further has a third plate which is parallel to the second plate, at another end of the second plate that differs from one end at which the second plate is connected.

8. The housing according to claim 2, wherein:

the armoring body is formed in such a way as to extend across the first plate and the first side plate.

9. The housing according to claim 5, wherein:

the armoring body is further formed in contact with the second side plate.

10. The housing according to claim 5, wherein:

the armoring body has an aperture that exposes an opposite surface which is opposite to the side of the second plate at which the first side plate and the second side plate are arranged.

11. The housing according to claim 1, wherein:

the metal structure has a plurality of the first plates, and at least one of the plurality of the first plates is positioned at the outside of main surface of the second plate,

the metal structure further has a third side plate which is parallel to the first side plate, at another end of the first plate that differs from one end at which the first side plate is connected.

12. The housing according to claim 11, wherein:

the armoring body is formed in such a way as to extend across the first side plate and/or the first plate and the third side plate.

13. The housing according to claim 1, wherein:

at least part of the second plate is exposed on the outside of the armoring body.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a housing according to claim 1.

15. The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein:

an operation part is provided on the position that is opposite to the second plate.

16. The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein:

a display part is provided on the position that is opposite to the second plate.