Exterior panel for receiving aromatic substance, and mobile terminal using exterior panel for receiving aromatic substance
View Patent ↗A folding type portable telephone in which a first housing and a second housing are fixed by a hinge includes a face panel fixed to the first housing and aromatic substances are accommodated inside the face panel. When the hinge is rotated, the aromatic substances are released in conjunction with the operation of opening the folding type portable telephone from the closed state. Furthermore, a sounding body is operated at a frequency of strongly generating an air vibration at a time defined in advance by timer control, so that fragrance of the aromatic substances is released outward by the air vibration of the sounding body. The fragrance corresponding to TPO can be generated from the face panel of the portable telephone.
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge for connecting the first housing and the second housing rotatably;
a projection formed on the hinge;
an aromatic substance accommodating face panel removably attached to the first housing or the second housing, the aromatic substance accommodating face panel having a hollow structure;
an aroma releasing hole for releasing an aroma and formed on a surface of the panel; and
an open/close valve for opening and closing the hollow structure with respect to an external space and formed on the surface of the panel;
wherein the hinge rotates, so that the projection of the hinge controls the open/close valve of the aromatic substance accommodating face panel to release the aroma from the aroma releasing hole at the surface of the aromatic substance accommodating face panel.