Mobile communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9467540-B2
Application number	US-201514590442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	Jun 25, 2014
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and discloses a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device comprises a display screen, a back cover, and internal communication parts provided in a chamber defined by the display screen and the back cover. A rotating member is provided on an upper side of the back cover, and the rotating member is rotatable around the back cover, and a telephone receiver and a camera are arranged on the rotating member. In the mobile communication device according to the present disclosure, no telephone receiver and camera are required to be arranged on the front surface thereof, which is capable of saving a front frame and space for installing the telephone receiver and the camera on the front frame of the mobile communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile communication device, comprising:
a display screen,
a back cover, and
internal communication parts provided in a chamber defined by the display screen and the back cover,
a rotating member is provided on an upper side of the back cover, the rotating member is rotatable around the back cover,
a telephone receiver and a camera are arranged on a same side of the rotating member,
wherein the rotating member comprises:
a rotating plate provided with the telephone receiver and the camera, and
a motor for driving the rotating plate to rotate,
the motor is provided in the chamber defined by the display screen and the back cover, and the rotating plate is pivoted around the upper edge of the back cover via a pivotal shaft.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, the telephone receiver and the camera are electrically connected with the internal communication parts.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, a button controlling the operation of the motor is arranged on the back cover.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, a containing groove is provided on a surface of the back cover, and the rotating plate is embeddable into the containing groove.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 4 , wherein, the rotating plate is pivoted to the back cover via the pivotal shaft, wherein,
an installation shaft is provided on each opposite side walls of the containing groove, and axial lines of two installation shafts are aligned with each other; installation holes are provided on the rotating plate corresponding to the installation shafts, and axial lines of the installation holes are aligned with the axial lines of the installation shafts; each pair of the installation shafts are installed in the installation holes in a manner such that the installation shafts are rotatably inserted to the installation holes; or
an installation hole is provided on both opposite side walls of the containing groove, and axial lines of two installation holes are aligned with each other; installation shafts are provided on the rotating plate corresponding to the installation holes, and axial lines of the installation shafts are aligned with the axial lines of the installation holes; each pair of the installation shafts are installed in the installation holes in a manner such that the installation shafts are rotatably inserted to the installation holes.

6. The mobile communication device according to claim 5 , wherein, a self-locking mechanism is provided between at least one pair of the installation shafts and the installation holes.

7. The mobile communication device according to claim 6 , wherein, the self-locking mechanism comprises:
one or more convex part(s) provided on a side wall of the installation shaft, and one or more concave part(s) provided on a side wall of the installation hole, and the convex part(s) is engagable with the concave part(s); or
one or more concave part(s) provided on a side wall of the installation shaft, and one or more convex part(s) provided on a side wall of the installation hole, and the convex part(s) is engagable with the concave part(s).

8. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, the angle of the rotating member rotating around the upper side of the back cover is in the range of 0-210 degree relative to the back cover.

9. The mobile communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising other functional members electrically connected with the internal communication parts, and the other functional members are arranged on the back cover or on the rotating member.

10. The mobile communication device according to claim 9 , wherein, the other functional member is arranged on a side of the back cover.

11. The mobile communication device according to claim 10 , wherein, the other functional member is selected from at least one of a group consisting of a volume key, an earphone jack, a data line terminal, a microphone and an LED flash light.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Boe Display Light Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng Qinggang

Classifications

• H04M1/0208

  characterized by the relative motions of the body parts · CPC title

• H04M2250/20

  including a rotatable camera · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title