KR200450178Y1 - Elastic link module for mobile terminal, and slide hinge device using same - Google Patents

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KR200450178Y1
KR200450178Y1 KR2020100003178U KR20100003178U KR200450178Y1 KR 200450178 Y1 KR200450178 Y1 KR 200450178Y1 KR 2020100003178 U KR2020100003178 U KR 2020100003178U KR 20100003178 U KR20100003178 U KR 20100003178U KR 200450178 Y1 KR200450178 Y1 KR 200450178Y1
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An elastic link module for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a) a torsion spring formed in a spirally wound shape, one end of which is located inside the winding part, and ii) the torsion spring. It comprises a plate-shaped arm member for connecting one end of the arm member is formed by integrally forming a support unit for supporting the winding portion in the upper and lower sides with the torsion spring in between.

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Elastic link module for mobile terminal, and sliding hinge device using same {ELASTICITY LINK MODULE FOR MOBILE PHONE AND SLID TYPE HINGE DEVICE USING THE SAME}

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a sliding hinge device for a mobile terminal, and more particularly to an elastic link module for sliding the cover in the vertical direction from the main body of the mobile terminal.

In general, in order to use services such as broadcasting and communication wirelessly while moving in a place that is not a fixed location, mobile terminals such as mobile phones, PDAs, notebook computers, and DMB phones are frequently used.

The portable terminal is one of the essential necessities that are indispensable in order to enjoy the convenience of life according to the development of the information industry, and the mobile phone is widely distributed to elementary, middle and high school students and the elderly.

In the portable terminal as described above, various methods are applied to open and close the cover, and the mobile terminal can be divided into a hinge method, a slide method, and a swing method.

In particular, the portable terminal for opening and closing the cover by the slide method is one of the most applied in recent years because of various advantages such as easy to use, less trouble, and have a stylish design.

The basic structure of the portable terminal for opening and closing the cover by the slide method is configured to slide the cover provided with the display portion up and down from the main body provided with the keypad.

The vertical sliding of the cover as described above is implemented through a hinge device, such a hinge device is manufactured as a variety of structures around each manufacturer.

Such a sliding hinge device basically includes a guide member fixed to the main body, a movable member fixed to the cover and slidably assembled to the guide member, and an elastic link module rotatably coupled to both ends of the movable member and the guide member. Equipped with.

The sliding hinge device according to the prior art has been disclosed in, for example, the "torsion spring, elastic mechanism and sliding opening and closing device and portable application device" of Korean Patent No. 86,491.

In the related art, the elastic mechanism as the elastic link module includes a torsion spring having a wound portion wound in a spiral shape without overlapping portions as shown in FIG. 14, and an arm member of a single plate connecting the torsion spring. .

Therefore, in the related art, the arm member is rotated in accordance with the opening and closing of the portable terminal, and the winding portion of the torsion spring is compressed or relaxed to provide an elastic force due to the torsional moment of the torsion spring to the cover of the portable terminal.

However, in the related art, since the torsion spring is simply connected to the upper surface of the arm member, when the torsion spring is compressed or relaxed due to the opening and closing of the mobile terminal, the torsion spring is caused to flow up and down, and thus the elastic link according to the slide operation of the cover of the mobile terminal. There is a problem that the operation stability and reliability of the module is significantly degraded.

That is, in the prior art, when the elastic link module is operated, it causes trouble in the opening and closing operation of the cover, such as the accurate and smooth opening and closing operation of the cover due to the vertical flow of the torsion spring.

Meanwhile, in the related art, the elastic mechanism as the elastic link module includes an arm member in which the first thin plate member and the second thin plate member face each other and are coupled to each other with a torsion spring therebetween, as shown in FIGS. 35 and 36. It is done by

Here, one of the first thin plate member and the second thin plate member is formed with a protrusion that can be connected to the end of the torsion spring.

By the way, in the prior art, since the arm member for supporting the torsion spring is composed of the first thin plate member and the second thin plate member coupled to each other with the torsion spring interposed therebetween, the parts of the elastic link module according to the respective thin plate members are manufactured. The process and the whole assembly process are complicated, and manufacturing cost increases.

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been created to improve the problems as described above, and as a simple structure to suppress the vertical flow of the torsion spring to further improve the operational stability and reliability according to the slide operation of the cover of the mobile terminal An elastic link module for a portable terminal and a slide hinge device using the same are provided.

In addition, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an elastic link module for a mobile terminal and a slide hinge device using the same, which can simplify the manufacturing process of the parts and the assembly process of the entire module, and can reduce the manufacturing cost. .

To this end, an elastic link module for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a) a torsion spring formed in a spiral wound shape, one end of which is located inside the winding part, and ii) the And a plate-shaped arm member connecting one end of the torsion spring, wherein the arm member is formed by integrally forming a support unit that supports the winding portion in the upper and lower sides with the torsion spring interposed therebetween.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the arm member is located below the torsion spring and connects one end of the torsion spring, and is located above the torsion spring and opens the first section. A second section and a third section for integrally connecting the first section and the second section.

In the elastic link module for the portable terminal, the first and second sections may be formed as the support unit.

In the elastic link module for the portable terminal, the second section may form an opening corresponding to the first section.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the first section may be located below the second section through the opening.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the opening may be formed in a form corresponding to the first section from a connecting portion of the first section and the third section.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the arm member may form a plane in which the sections are parallel to each other at different heights.

In this case, the first section may form a plane that is relatively higher than the third section, and the second section may form a plane that is relatively higher than the first section.

In the elastic link module for the portable terminal, the first and second sections may form first and second connection portions having predetermined angles of inclination with respect to the third section, respectively.

In the elastic link module for a mobile terminal, the first connection portion may be formed at a smaller inclination angle than the second connection portion.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the arm member may integrally form an island-shaped coupling portion to which one end of the torsion spring is connected to the first section.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the coupling part may form a coupling hole of a straight shape to which one end of the torsion spring is fitted and welded.

In the elastic link module for a portable terminal, the torsion spring may form a straight portion connecting the winding portion and the other end portion in a straight line, and may be formed as a strip having a predetermined width and thickness.

In addition, the sliding hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, iii) a first sliding member having a plate shape, ii) a second sliding member slidably coupled with the first sliding member; At least one elastic link module is rotatably coupled to the first sliding member and the other side is rotatably coupled to the second sliding member between the first and second sliding members. ,

The elastic link module includes a torsion spring having a winding portion wound in a spiral shape, one end of which is disposed inside the winding portion, and the other end of which is hinged to one of the first and second sliding members; A plate that is hinged to the other of the first and second sliding members and integrally forms a support unit that supports the winding portion flatly from above and below with the torsion spring interposed therebetween, and connects one end of the torsion spring. It comprises an arm member of the shape.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention as described above, since the support unit is integrally formed on the arm member of the single plate, the upper and lower sides of the torsion spring can be flatly supported through the support unit.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the torsion spring is compressed or relaxed, it is possible to suppress the vertical flow of the winding portion through the support unit, thereby further improving the operational stability and reliability of the elastic link module.

And, in the present embodiment, as the support member for supporting the torsion spring in the upper and lower sides integrally formed in the arm member, unlike the prior art that the arm member for supporting the torsion spring is separated / coupled to the upper and lower thin plates, a single plate Since the torsion spring can be stably supported through the support unit of the arm member itself, the component manufacturing process and the entire assembly process of the elastic link module can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Since these drawings are for reference in describing exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the technical spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a perspective view illustrating an elastic link module for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1.
3 is a plan view of FIG. 1.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3.
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an arm member of an elastic link module for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an operation mode of a portable terminal to which a sliding hinge device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied.
7 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 7.
9 is a view illustrating a first mode in a state in which a main body and a cover of a portable terminal face each other in a slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a view for explaining a second mode in a state in which the cover of the portable terminal is opened about halfway in the slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a third mode in a state in which the lid of the portable terminal is completely opened in the sliding hinge device for the portable terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a view schematically showing a modification of the slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In order to clearly describe the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

In the following detailed description, the names of the components are divided into first, second, and the like in order to distinguish the names of the components in the same relationship, and the descriptions of the components are not necessarily limited to the order in the following description.

1 is a combined perspective view showing an elastic link module for a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 1, Figure 4 It is a cross-sectional block diagram along the AA line of 3.

Referring to the drawings, the elastic link module 100 for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied to a portable terminal of a vertical slide opening and closing method (commonly referred to as "sliding method" in the art).

Here, the portable terminal is composed of a main body and a cover that is mutually sliding, the basic configuration of such a portable terminal will be described in more detail later.

The elastic link module 100 is configured to provide an elastic force to the main body and the cover of the portable terminal to slide the cover in the vertical direction with respect to the main body.

That is, in the state in which the cover of the portable terminal is opened or closed with respect to the main body, the elastic link module 100 slides the cover to a certain section of the entire moving section, and the cover is moved by the elastic force of the spring in the remaining section. It is made as a structure which can slide automatically.

In the present specification, the following various components will be described based on the elastic link module 100 when viewed in a planar direction as shown in FIG. 1, and the front view can be defined as an upper surface (upper surface). Invisible surface can be defined as (bottom side).

However, this definition has a relative meaning, when the elastic link module 100 is placed upright, the position of the upper and lower surfaces may be different from the above, and thus the reference direction is not necessarily limited to the reference direction of the present embodiment.

Looking specifically at the configuration of the elastic link module 100 for a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the elastic link module 100 is basically, the torsion spring 10 and the arm member 40 ), Including the following.

In the present embodiment, the torsion spring 10 is to provide an elastic force to the main body and the cover of the portable terminal, it is made of a wire spring of a strip shape having a predetermined width and thickness.

The torsion spring 10 is composed of a winding portion 20 and a straight portion 30, the winding portion 20 is formed of a coiling coil wound in a circle without a portion overlapping in the shape of the stone from one end of the spring wire do. The coiling portion forms a space at a predetermined interval between the circular spring coils 21.

Here, one end of the spring wire has a shape that is bent approximately 90 degrees with respect to the winding direction of the winding portion 20 is disposed inside the winding portion 20.

That is, one end of the spring wire (hereinafter referred to as one end of the torsion spring for convenience) located inside the winding part 20 is made as a connection end connected to the arm member 40 which will be described later.

In addition, the straight portion 30 connects the other end of the spring wire and the winding portion 20 in a straight line.

The rotator 31 is coupled to an end of the straight portion 30, that is, the other end of the spring wire (hereinafter referred to as the other end of the torsion spring for convenience).

In this case, the rotator 31 is fitted and fixed to the end of the straight portion 30, and forms a first hinge hole 33 to which a hinge pin can be mounted.

In this embodiment, the arm member 40 supports the torsion spring 10 as described above, and has a plate shape to which one end of the torsion spring 10 is connected.

The arm member 40 is produced by pressing a metal thin plate having a predetermined thickness, and supports the winding portion 20 of the torsion spring 10 in plan view from above and below with the torsion spring 10 therebetween. The support unit 50 is integrally formed.

The arm member 40 includes a first section 61 positioned below the torsion spring 10, a second section 62 positioned above the torsion spring 10, and first and second sections 1. It consists of a third section (63) for integrally connecting 61, 62, wherein the first and second sections (61, 62) are composed of a support unit (50) according to this embodiment.

The first section 61 is located below the second section 62, and integrally forms a coupling portion 71 to which one end of the torsion spring 10 is connected to the upper surface.

The coupling portion 71 is formed in an island shape protruding in a circular shape from the upper surface of the first section 61, the one end of the torsion spring 10 is fitted into the coupling hole of the straight ( 72).

That is, the coupling hole 72 is formed as a slot hole intersecting the edge wall and the upper surface at the protrusion of the coupling portion 71.

The second section 62 is located above the first section 61 and forms an opening 73 which opens the first section 61 on the plane.

The opening 73 is formed as a hole substantially in shape corresponding to the first section 61, so that the first section 61 is below the second section 62 through the opening 73. Is located.

Here, the second section 62 is connected stepwise in parallel with the third section 63 to be described later, the first section 61 from the connecting portion of the third section 63 Located at the lower side while being cut, the opening 73 corresponding to the first section 61 is formed.

That is, the opening portion 73 extends along a straight line direction at a predetermined width from the connecting portion of the first section 61 and the third section 63 on the plane of the second section 62 in the shape of a circle. Is formed.

The third section 63 is integrally connected to the first and second sections 61 and 62 and has a shape in which the width gradually decreases from the connecting portions of the first and second sections 61 and 62.

In this case, a second hinge hole 74 in which a hinge pin can be mounted is formed at an end (the end of the smallest width) of the third section 63.

Meanwhile, in the arm member 40 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the sections 61, 62, and 63 form parallel planes with different heights. It forms a plane relatively higher than the section 63, and the second section 62 forms a plane relatively higher than the first section 61.

To this end, the first and second sections 61, 62 are integral with the third section 63 via first and second connections 76, 77 having a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the third section 63. Is connected to, the first connection portion 76 is made of a relatively inclined angle than the second connection portion 77.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the slide-type hinge device 200 to which the elastic link module 100 for a portable terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

6 is a diagram illustrating an operation mode of a portable terminal to which a sliding hinge device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to the drawings, the sliding hinge device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied to the portable terminal 1 of the vertical slide opening and closing method as described above.

The portable terminal 1 includes a main body 3 including a keypad module such as a qwerty keyboard and a cover 5 including a display module such as a liquid crystal screen or a touch screen.

Here, the operation mode of the portable terminal 1 may be divided into a first mode M1, a second mode M2, and a third mode M3 as shown in the drawing.

The first mode M1 refers to a case in which the cover 5 is completely closed such that the main body 3 and the cover 5 face each other.

The second mode M2 is a case in which the cover 5 slides upward in a predetermined section of the entire moving section with respect to the main body 3 in the first mode M1, and the cover 5 is opened about halfway. it means.

In addition, the third mode M3 refers to a case in which the cover 5 slides upward in the direction of the remaining section with respect to the main body 3 in the second mode M2 and the cover 5 is completely opened.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as the mobile terminal 1, a general mobile phone capable of using mobile communication, text input, and multimedia such as the Internet, DMB, video, and game may be exemplified.

However, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited to that the mobile terminal 1 is applied only to a mobile phone as described above, but is not limited to a PDA, a PMP, a handheld PC, an MP3 / MP4 player, a netbook, a game machine, and the like. It may be applied to the same portable electric and electronic device.

The portable electronic device may include a predetermined communication module such as a CDMA module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared communication module (IrDA), a wired / wireless LAN card, and a predetermined microprocessor for performing a multimedia playback function such as a game item. You may.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the sliding hinge device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention that can be applied to the portable terminal 1 as described above will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.

7 is a combined perspective view showing the configuration of a sliding hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

Referring to the drawings, the sliding hinge device 200 for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, basically, the first sliding member 110, the second sliding member 120, as described above It is configured to include at least one elastic link module 100.

In the above description, the terms of the first sliding member 110 and the second sliding member 120 are relative to each other of the main body and the cover 3 of the portable terminal 1 (see FIG. 6 below). Means belonging to each of them or separately fixed to the body and the cover (3, 5), engaging each other and relative sliding movement in the opposite direction.

However, the present exemplary embodiment is not limited thereto, and the first sliding member 110 and the second sliding member 120 may be divided into portions in which a sliding operation is performed and portions in which they do not move.

That is, when the second sliding member 120 is fixed in the present embodiment, the first sliding member 110 may be understood as a moving plate in which a sliding operation is performed with respect to the second sliding member 120. The second sliding member 120 may be understood as a fixed plate.

In the present embodiment, the first sliding member 110 is formed in a plate shape of a metal or synthetic resin material, belongs to a part of the mobile terminal cover 5 or through a cover (not shown) such as bolts or rivets (not shown) 5) is fixed.

In this case, rail portions 111 are formed at both edges of the first sliding member 110 in the longitudinal direction.

In the present embodiment, the second sliding member 120 is a body portion 121 made of a plate shape of a metal material, and made of synthetic resin and are integrally fixed to both side edge portions of the body portion 121, the guide groove ( It comprises a pair of groove member 125 forming the 123.

That is, the second sliding member 120 is slidably coupled to the rail portion 111 of the first sliding member 110 through the guide groove 123 of the groove member 125.

Here, the second sliding member 120 belongs to a part of the portable terminal main body 3 or is fixed to the main body 3 through fastening means not shown, such as bolts or rivets.

The first sliding member 110 and the second sliding member 120 may be implemented in the same configuration as each sliding member of the known technology widely used in the sliding hinge device for a mobile terminal in the art.

In addition, the elastic link module 100 is a user until the first sliding member 110 is slid for a predetermined period of the entire moving section of the cover 5 in a state in which the cover 5 of the portable terminal 1 is opened or closed. When the force is applied to the cover 5, the sliding movement of the cover 5 is automatically made by the elastic restoring force of the spring in the remaining moving section.

The elastic link module 100 is provided as a single number according to the present embodiment, one end portion is rotatably coupled to the first sliding member 110, the other end portion is the second sliding member 120 Rotatably coupled to.

That is, the elastic link module 100 is hinged to the second sliding member 120 through a hinge pin (HP) fitted into the first hinge hole 31 of the torsion spring 10, the arm member 40 The hinge is coupled to the first sliding member 110 through a hinge pin (HP) fitted in the second hinge hole (74).

Since the elastic link module 100 can be implemented in the same configuration as the elastic link module for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the operation of the slide-type hinge device 200 for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the above-described drawings and the following drawings.

The attached drawings below show in advance that the operating state of the sliding hinge apparatus 200 is shown on the basis of the rear side of the portable terminal 1, that is, the front side of the main body 3.

First, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the first mode M1 in which the main body 3 and the lid 5 of the portable terminal 1 face each other is set as an initial starting point.

9 is a view illustrating a first mode in a state in which a main body and a cover of a portable terminal face each other in a slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, in the first mode M1 in which the lid 5 is completely closed with respect to the main body 3 of the portable terminal 1, the second sliding member 120 is formed by one of the first sliding members 110. Located at the top (top) end.

At this time, the elastic link module 100 is maintained in a state inclined in one direction with respect to the moving direction of the cover 5, the torsion spring 10 is a straight portion 30 with respect to the arm member 40 It is located in a substantially perpendicular direction, and a compressive elastic force of relatively small magnitude is acting in a direction closer to each other with respect to the arm member 40.

Here, the torsion spring 10 is one end of the winding portion 20 between the first section 61 and the second section 62, which is the support unit 50 of the arm member 40, the first section 61. ) And the first and second sections 61 and 62 are in a state of supporting the upper and lower sides of the winding portion 20 in a planar manner with the torsion spring 10 therebetween. have.

10 is a view for explaining a second mode in a state in which the cover of the portable terminal is opened about halfway in the slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, in the first mode M1 as described above, the cover 5 is pushed upward for a predetermined interval until the cover 5 is opened about halfway from the main body 3.

Then, the first sliding member 110 is slid upwards while being guided to the second sliding member 120. Here, the second sliding member 120 is located at about an intermediate portion of the first sliding member 110.

In the above process, as the first sliding member 110 moves in a predetermined section in the upward direction, the arm member 40 of the elastic link module 100 is connected to the first sliding member 110 by a hinge pin HP. Since it is hinged, it rotates clockwise around the hinge pin HP as a relative slide movement of the 1st and 2nd sliding members 110 and 120. FIG.

At the same time, the torsion spring 10 of the elastic link module 100 has one end fixed to the arm member 40 and the other end hinged to the second sliding member 120 via a hinge pin HP. Therefore, as the relative slide movement of the first and second sliding members (110, 120) is rotated about the hinge pin (HP) to the maximum compression.

Accordingly, the torsion spring 10 is maximally compressed to exert elastic force due to the torsional moment corresponding thereto to the first and second sliding members 110 and 120 through the arm member 40.

Thus, the elastic force of the torsion spring 10 acts as a driving force for moving the first sliding member 110 in an upward direction with respect to the second sliding member 120.

FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a third mode in a state in which the lid of the portable terminal is completely opened in the sliding hinge device for the portable terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, in the second mode M2 as described above, if the user applies a force upwardly acting on the cover 5, the first sliding member 110 is applied to the elastic force of the torsion spring 10. It automatically moves upward in the remaining section.

That is, the first sliding member 110 is automatically moved upward by the elastic force of the torsion spring 10 even if the user no longer applies a force to the cover 5.

Therefore, as described above, the first sliding member 110 moves upward and is positioned at the other end (lower end) of the second sliding member 120, so that the cover 5 of the portable terminal 1 is completely opened. do.

In this process, the arm member 40 is rotated clockwise by the elastic force of the torsion spring 10, and at the same time, the torsion spring 10 is restored (relaxed) to its original state. In addition, the elastic link module 100 according to the present embodiment maintains an oblique side to the other side with respect to the moving direction of the cover 5.

In the present embodiment, when the cover 5 is closed from the main body 3 of the portable terminal 1 in the open state, the operation is performed in the reverse order to the above process, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the operation of the elastic link module 100 as described above, in the present embodiment, the first and second sections 61 and 62 of the support unit 50 integrally provided with the arm member 40 are The torsion spring 10 may be interposed therebetween to support the upper and lower sides of the winding portion 20 in a planar manner.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, since the winding unit 20 of the torsion spring 10 may be flatly supported from above and below through the support unit 50, when the torsion spring 10 is compressed or relaxed, the support unit ( Through 50) it is possible to suppress the vertical flow of the winding portion 20, thereby further improving the operational stability and reliability of the elastic link module 100.

In the present embodiment, as the support member 50 supporting the torsion spring 10 is integrally formed on the arm member 40, the arm member supporting the torsion spring is separated into upper and lower thin plates and they are coupled to each other. Unlike the technology, since the torsion spring 10 can be stably supported by the support unit 50 of the arm member 40 itself made of a single plate, the manufacturing process and the entire assembly process of the elastic link module 100 can be performed. It is possible to simplify and reduce the production cost is expected.

12 is a view schematically showing a modification of the slide hinge device for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, according to a modification of the sliding hinge device 200 for a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in this case, the elastic link module 100 as described above, the first and second sliding A pair may be provided between the members 110 and 120.

Therefore, the pair of elastic link modules 100 according to the present modification can be applied to a qwerty phone in which the cover and the main body of the portable terminal are formed to be long in the horizontal direction.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is possible to carry out various modifications within the scope of the utility model registration claims and the detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings. It is also natural to fall within the scope of the present invention.

10 ... torsion spring 20 ... winding
30 ... straight 31 ... rotator
33 ... 1st hinge hole 40 ... Arm member
50 ... support unit 61 ... first section
62 ... Section 2 63 ... Section 3
71 ... Mating part 72 ... Mating hole
73 ... opening 74 ... second hinged hole
76 ... First connection 77 ... Second connection
100 ... elastic link module 110 ... first sliding member
120 ... second sliding member

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A torsion spring having a spiral wound shape and having one end portion located inwardly of the winding portion; And
A plate-shaped arm member connecting one end of the torsion spring
Including;
And the arm member integrally forms a support unit that supports the winding portion flatly from above and below with the torsion spring interposed therebetween. The method according to claim 1,
The arm member,
A first section located below the torsion spring and connecting one end of the torsion spring;
A second section located above the torsion spring and opening the first section; And
And a third section which integrally connects the first section and the second section. The method of claim 2,
An elastic link module for a portable terminal, wherein said first and second sections are comprised as said support unit. The method of claim 2,
And the second section defines an opening corresponding to the first section, and the first section is located below the second section through the opening. The method of claim 4, wherein
And the opening portion is formed in a form corresponding to the first section from a connecting portion of the first section and the third section. The method of claim 2,
The arm member,
Each of the sections forming a parallel plane with different heights, wherein the plane of the first section is located higher than the plane of the third section, and the plane of the second section is located higher than the plane of the first section. Elastic link module. The method according to claim 4 or 6,
The first and second sections form first and second connection portions each having a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the third section,
And an inclination angle of the first connector is smaller than that of the second connector. The method of claim 2,
The arm member,
And an island-shaped coupling part integrally formed with the first section to which one end of the torsion spring is connected. The method of claim 8,
The coupling part,
One end portion of the torsion spring is inserted and the elastic link module for a mobile terminal to form a straight coupling hole that can be welded. The method according to claim 1,
The torsion spring,
And a straight portion connecting the winding portion and the other end portion in a straight line, the elastic link module having a predetermined width and thickness as a strip shape. A first sliding member having a plate shape, a second sliding member slidably coupled with the first sliding member, and one side between the first and second sliding members is rotatably coupled to the first sliding member. And the other side includes at least one elastic link module rotatably coupled to the second sliding member,
The elastic link module is:
A torsion spring having a winding portion wound in a spiral shape and having one end end disposed inside the winding part, and the other end hinged to one of the first and second sliding members; And
The support unit is hinged to the other one of the first and second sliding members, and integrally forms a support unit that supports the winding unit in a planar view from above and below with the torsion spring interposed therebetween. Plate-shaped arm member to connect
Sliding hinge device for a portable terminal comprising a. The method of claim 11, wherein
The arm member,
A first section positioned below the torsion spring and connecting one end of the torsion spring;
A second section located above the torsion spring and opening the first section;
A third section which integrally connects the first section and the second section,
And the first and second sections are configured as the support unit.
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