Mobile terminal device with sliding display and method thereof
View Patent ↗A mobile terminal device includes a display unit having a first engaging latch, a case having a slide groove that allows the first engaging latch to slide therein and a second engaging latch that engages the first engaging latch that slides in the slide groove, and a component located in a gap that appears between the case and the display unit as a result of sliding the first engaging latch in the slide groove.
1. A mobile terminal device comprising:
a display unit having a first engaging latch;
a case having a slide groove that allows the first engaging latch to slide therein and a second engaging latch that engages the first engaging latch that slides in the slide groove; and
a component located in a gap that appears between the case and the display unit as a result of sliding the first engaging latch in the slide groove.
2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the case has a first wall portion whose thickness in a slide direction of the display unit is a predetermined dimension and a second wall portion whose thickness in the slide direction is smaller than the thickness of the first wall portion, and
the component is located in a gap between the second wall portion and the display unit.
3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the component in a slide direction is substantially the same as a dimension of the gap between the case and the display unit in the slide direction.
4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the component comprises an electronic component.
5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic component comprises any one of a Global Positioning System component, an illuminance sensor component, and a receiver component.
6. A method of assembling a mobile terminal device comprising:
providing a display unit having a first engaging latch;
providing a case having a slide groove and a second engaging latch;
sliding the first engaging latch in the slide groove to engage the first engaging latch and the second engaging latch in the slide groove; and
setting a component in a gap that appears between the case and the display unit as a result of the sliding.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein
the case has a first wall portion whose thickness in a slide direction of the display unit is a predetermined dimension and a second wall portion whose thickness in the slide direction is smaller than the thickness of the first wall portion, and
the component is located in a gap between the second wall portion and the display unit.
8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein a dimension of the component in a slide direction is substantially the same as a dimension of the gap between the case and the display unit in the slide direction.
9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the component comprises an electronic component.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic component comprises any one of a Global Positioning System component, an illuminance sensor component, and a receiver component.