IP Library Granted Patent US 9,509,359
Granted Patent B2
US 9,509,359 · App. 14/441,877 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Mobile terminal device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,509,359
App. No.
14/441,877
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal device ( 1 ) according to the present invention includes a housing ( 11 ) and a display panel ( 14 ). The housing ( 11 ) includes a housing body ( 111 ) and side walls ( 112 a ) provided around the housing body ( 111 ). The display panel ( 14 ) is provided on the side walls ( 112 a , 112 b ). The side walls ( 112 a , 112 b ) are made of sheet metal. An end portion of the sheet metal that faces the display panel ( 14 ) is bonded to the display panel( 14 ). Thereby, a mobile terminal device that allows a reduction in frame width while maintaining the strength can be provided.

Claims (14)

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a housing comprising a housing body and side walls provided around the housing body; and

a display panel provided on the side walls, wherein

at least one of the side walls is made of sheet metal and stands from the housing body toward the display panel,

an end face of the sheet metal that faces the display panel is bonded to a surface of the display panel that faces the housing body, the end face being a terminal end of the sheet metal, and

the housing includes a component having a lower rigidity than the sheet metal at the end portion of the sheet metal that faces the display panel, the component having a top face higher than that of a surface bonding between the sheet metal and the display panel in a thickness direction of the housing.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is bonded to the top face of the component.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the component is provided in a central portion in a longitudinal direction of the side walls.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein in the side walls, the component is provided at positions corresponding to four corners of the display panel.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the component is mainly made of a resin material.

6. A mobile terminal device comprising:

at least two mobile terminal devices according to claim 1 ; and

a connecting part that connects an end part at the side wall of one of the mobile terminal devices and an end part at the side wall of the other one of the mobile terminal devices.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the connecting part connects the one and the other one of the mobile terminal devices around a rotation axis such that the display panels of both of the mobile terminal devices face outside at least in a first state.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2015
From: MICHINO, RYOTA
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035605/0659 →