Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10686480-B2
Application number	US-201616473959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2016
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A mobile terminal further comprises: a case having an opening formed therethrough so as to communicate with the inside thereof; and a card tray inserted in the opening, wherein the card tray further comprises a cover part for covering the opening; a support part positioned inside the opening and comprising a seating part on which a card is stably placed; and a flexible part connecting the support part and the cover part and fitted/coupled to the circumference of the opening. The mobile terminal wherein the relative position of the cover part to the support part changes with morphological changing of the flexible part allows the positions of the cover part and the support part in the card tray to be flexibly variable. Therefore, even when positions of the opening and a card socket are mismatched, a card can be mounted in the mobile terminal, thus reducing an initial detective rate and an operationally detective rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a case comprising an opening that communicates with an inner space;
a card socket loaded in the case to be located in the opening and having an accommodating portion; and
a card tray inserted in the opening,
wherein the card tray comprises:
a cover part configured to cover the opening;
a support part accommodated at the accommodating portion of the card socket and comprising a disposing portion in which a card is disposed; and
a flexible part provided to connect the support part and the cover part with each other and configured to be insertedly fitted to a circumference of the opening, and
wherein a shape of the flexible part is changed according to positions of the cover part and the support part,
wherein a step is formed in a lateral surface of the opening and an outer area is larger than an inner area of the opening, and
wherein the flexible part is insertedly fitted to the inner area of the opening.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein one surface of the cover part and one surface of the case form the same plane, and
the other surface of the cover part has an uneven area to couple the cover part to the flexible part.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the cover part and the flexible part are bonded to each other.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the cover part and the flexible part and the support part and the flexible part are double-injection molded to each other.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,
wherein the accommodating portion forms in a corresponding shape to the support part.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Cha Youngdo

Classifications

• H04M1/0202 Primary

  Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03) · CPC title

• H04M1/026

  Details of the structure or mounting of specific components · CPC title

• G06K7/0021

  for reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts · CPC title

• H04M1/0237

  Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom · CPC title

• H04B1/3818 Primary

  Arrangements for facilitating insertion or removal of identification devices · CPC title