Mobile phone with stepless motion function

• US 8,045,997 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Pan, Chia-Ho, Kuo, Shu-Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US12/149,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20090054101A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,274 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.3, 455/575.4, 455/575.8, 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/550.1, 455/128, 455/456.1, 349/58, 349/702, 349/900, 349/906, 379/433.11, 379/433.12
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom

Abstract

A mobile phone with a stepless motion function is provided and includes a mobile phone body, an upper cover which can be movably provided outside the mobile phone body, and a pushing device including a first end part and a second end part, wherein the first end part is fixedly provided at the upper cover, and the second end part is fixedly provided at the mobile phone body, whereby the upper cover can move at a constant velocity from a first position to a second position relatively to the mobile phone body. Therefore, the mobile phone with a stepless motion function of the invention enables the upper cover to move at a constant velocity at the mobile phone body to increase the tactile sensation of the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A mobile phone with a stepless motion function, the mobile phone comprising:

a mobile phone body;

an upper cover movably provided outside the mobile phone body; and

a pushing device which comprises a first end part and a second end part, wherein the first end part is fixedly provided at the upper cover, and the second end part is fixedly provided at the mobile phone body, whereby the upper cover moves at a constant velocity from a first position to a second position relatively to the mobile phone body;

wherein the first end part is the end of a telescopic bar, and the second end part is the end of a cylinder body, and then a fluid in the cylinder body can push the telescopic bar to enable the upper cover to move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first position is a closed position and the second position is an opened position.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first position is an opened position and the second position is a closed position.

4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first end part is the end of a cylinder body, and the second end part is the end of a telescopic bar, and then a fluid in the cylinder body can push the telescopic bar to enable the upper cover to move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first end part is the end of a telescopic bar and the second end part is the end of a cylinder body, and then an elastic component in the cylinder body can push the telescopic bar to enable the upper cover to move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

6. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the first end part is the end of a cylinder body, and the second end part is the end of a telescopic bar, and then an elastic component in the cylinder body can push the telescopic bar to enable the upper cover to move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

7. The mobile phone according to claim 2 further comprising a pressing switch or a control mechanism for controlling actions of the pushing device to enable the upper cover to move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

8. The mobile phone according to claim 7, wherein the pressing switch can further actuate a first fastening component which is assembled at a position adjacent to the first end part to be separated from or fastened with a second fastening component which is assembled on the mobile phone body via a resettable pressing component assembled on the upper cover to control the actions of the pushing device.

9. The mobile phone according to claim 7, wherein the pressing switch can further actuate a third fastening component assembled at the outside surface of the telescopic bar to be separated from or fastened with a fourth fastening component engraved in the cylinder body via a resettable pressing component assembled on the upper cover to control the actions of the pushing device.

10. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein a motion track is engraved in the cylinder body, and a motion sliding block corresponding to the motion track is provided outside the telescopic bar, and then the elastic component in the cylinder body provides a push force to enable the motion sliding block to move at a constant velocity at the motion track further to make the upper cover move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

11. The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein a motion track is engraved in the cylinder body, and a motion sliding block corresponding to the motion track is provided outside the telescopic bar, and then the elastic component in the cylinder body provides a push force to enable the motion sliding block to move at a constant velocity at the motion track further to make the upper cover move at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.

12. A mobile phone whose cover can be flipped at a constant velocity, the mobile phone comprising:

a mobile phone body;

an upper cover which can be flipped and provided outside the mobile phone; and

a rotating device comprising a first end part and a second end part, wherein the first end part is fixedly provided at the upper cover, and the second end part is fixedly provided at the mobile phone body to enable the upper cover to be flipped at a constant velocity from a closed position to an opened position relatively to the mobile phone body,

wherein the first end part is the end of a telescopic bar, and the second end part is the end of a cylinder body, and then an elastic component in the cylinder body pushes the telescopic bar to rotate to enable the upper cover to be flipped at a constant velocity from the closed position to the opened position relatively to the mobile phone body.

13. The mobile phone according to claim 12, further comprising a control mechanism for controlling actions of the rotating device to enable the upper cover to be flipped at a constant velocity from the closed position to the opened position relatively to the mobile phone body.

14. The mobile phone according to claim 13, wherein the control mechanism comprises an oval motion sliding block at one end of the telescopic bar and two protrudent blocks at the inner edge of the second end part.

15. The mobile phone according to claim 14, wherein a motion track is engraved in the cylinder body, and then the elastic component in the cylinder provides a push force to enable the motion sliding block to move at a constant velocity at the motion track further to make the upper cover flipped at a constant velocity from the first position to the second position relatively to the mobile phone body.