IP Library Granted Patent US 8,424,926
Granted Patent B2
US 8,424,926 · App. 12/468,002 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Mobile telephone

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,424,926
App. No.
12/468,002
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile telephone includes a casing provided with at least a locking member and a lid that can be detached or attached by pivoting of the locking member. The lid comprises a passage the locking member passes through, and a locking piece that a locking lug provided at the locking member can freely engage with and be detached from as a result of pivoting of the locking member. The locking piece is located at an inner periphery of the passage. Further, with a mobile telephone having casings that are foldably joined by a hinge, at least one of the foldably joined casings is a box-like case provided with a hinge at an upper surface and an opening portion at a rear surface, and has a lid-like case fitting to the opening of the box-like case.

Claims (13)

1. A mobile telephone comprising:

a locking member comprising a locking lug;

a lid that can be detached or attached at a first side of the lid to a casing by pivoting of said locking member with respect to the casing, the lid comprising:

a passage through which the locking member passes;

a first storage space arranged on a second side of the lid opposite the first side of the lid; and

a locking piece to which said locking lug of the locking member can freely engage and disengage as a result of pivoting of the locking member, the locking piece being located at an inner periphery of the passage,

wherein the locking member has a circular shape and the passage has a circular shape,

wherein the locking member has two of the locking lugs and two of the locking pieces, and

wherein the two locking lugs are asymmetrical with respect to a pivot axis of the two locking lugs, the locking member including a lock groove at the upper end portion of the locking member and

wherein a first line from one of the two locking lugs to the axis of the locking member and a second line from another of the two locking lugs to the axis of the locking member cross at a prescribed angle of inclination.

2. The mobile telephone according to claim 1 , wherein the lid is configured to provide structural rigidity to the mobile telephone.

3. The mobile telephone according to claim 1 , wherein the lid and the casing are configured to form a second storage space.

4. The mobile telephone according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member is rotatably attached to the lid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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