| US 7,369,414 B2 | ||
| Rotatable hinge mechanism with enclosure for housing flexible printed circuit | ||
| Woo-Jin Kim, Incheon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 12, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/292,690. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-0071478 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0095390 A1, May 22, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—752 [361/753; 361/814; 361/685] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A portable terminal comprising:
a body unit having an antenna and at least one hinge coupling portion;
a display unit having a display panel; and
a hinge unit disposed between the body unit and the display unit, and configured to couple the display unit allowing the display
unit to rotate around an X-axis and a Y-axis with respect to the body unit, the Y-axis substantially perpendicular to the
X-axis, wherein the hinge unit comprising:
a first hinge shaft pivotally coupled to the at least one hinge coupling portion around the X-axis;
a second hinge shaft pivotally coupled to the display unit around the Y-axis; and
a hinge cover enclosing the first hinge shaft and second hinge shaft,
wherein the first hinge shaft and second hinge shaft bisect each other, and the second hinge shaft does not bisect the first
hinge shaft at a midpoint of the first hinge shaft,
wherein the hinge unit is formed asymmetrically from the second hinge shaft.
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