Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778774-B2
Application number	US-201514923117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2015
Priority date	Aug 12, 2013
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a body having a front surface, a roar surface and side surfaces; a window disposed on the front surface, and having its edge portion bent so as to form at least part of the side surfaces; a frame configured to support the window; a display disposed to face the window, and configured to output visual information and formed such that its edge portion is bent in correspondence to a bent shape of the window; and a touch sensor disposed between the window and the display, configured to sense a touch input applied to the window. Also, the touch sensor includes a folded part. Furthermore, the touch sensor comprises a curved portion curved by the folded part of the touch sensor. In addition, the curved portion is spaced from an end part of the display in a thickness direction of the body so as to form a space between the end part of the display and the curved portion. Lastly, an accommodation groove is recessed from the frame in the thickness direction of the body and is configured to accommodate therein at least part of the curved portion of the touch sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a body having a front surface, a rear surface and side surfaces;
a window disposed on the front surface, and having at least one edge portion bent so as to form at least part of the side surfaces;
a case having a supporting surface supporting the window;
a display disposed to face the window, and configured to output visual information and formed such that its edge portion is bent in correspondence to a bent shape of the window; and
a touch sensor disposed between the window and the display, configured to sense a touch input applied to the window,
wherein the touch sensor is mounted to a rear surface of the window,
wherein the supporting surface of the case supports the at least one edge portion of the window, and
wherein an accommodation groove is recessed from the case in a thickness direction of the body, is formed at the supporting surface of the case and is configured to accommodate therein at least one curved portion of the touch sensor.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor includes a folded part,
wherein the at least one curved portion of the touch sensor is curved by the folded part of the touch sensor, and
herein the at least one curved portion is spaced from an end part of the display in a thickness direction of the body so as to form a space between the end part of the display and the at least one curved portion.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein at least a part of the folded part of the touch sensor covers a rear surface of the display.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein an audio output module is disposed at the case.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor is mounted to a rear surface of the window.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the window comprises:
a front portion which forms at least part of the front surface; and
an inclined portion which extends from an edge portion of the front portion in a direction inclined from the front portion; and
the touch sensor comprises:
a first part corresponding to the front portion of the window;
a second part corresponding to the inclined portion of the window partially or wholly; and
a third part folded partially or wholly so as to be overlapped with the second part.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein a flexible printed circuit board, connected to a circuit board, is mounted to the third part of the touch sensor.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of cut-out portions are formed at the third part of the touch sensor.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein two side surface of the window are configured to be bent.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jang Sungkwon
• An Kuangjun
• Hwang Junghoon
• Kim Taeho

Classifications

• H04M1/0266

  for a display module assembly · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title