Clamshell design
A clamshell design is a kind of
A clamshell mobile phone is sometimes also called a flip phone, especially if the hinge is on the short edge. If the hinge is on a long edge (e.g., Nokia Communicators), the device is more likely to be called just a "clamshell" rather than a flip phone.[citation needed]
Generally speaking, the
Etymology
The clamshell form factor is most closely associated with the cell phone market, as
History
A "flip phone" like communication device appears in chapter 3 of Armageddon 2419 A.D., a science fiction novella by Philip Francis Nowlan, which was first published in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories: "Alan took a compact packet about six inches square from a holster attached to her belt and handed it to Wilma. So far as I could see, it had no special receiver for the ear. Wilma merely threw back a lid, as though she was opening a book, and began to talk. The voice that came back from the machine was as audible as her own."[2] Also from science fiction, Star Trek: The Original Series featured an clamshell instrument called the "Communicator", a regular plot device, which influenced development of early clamshell mobile phones, such as the Motorola StarTAC.[3]
Early examples of the form factor's use in electronics include the 1963
The first Motorola model to support the clamshell design was the
In 2019, a new trend of
Automotive
In automotive design, a clamshell bonnet or clamshell hood is a design where the engine cover also incorporates all or part of one of the
It is also an informal name for General Motors full-size station wagons, manufactured from 1971 to 1976, that featured a complex, two-piece "disappearing" tailgate, officially known as the "Glide Away" tailgate.[21]
Other uses
Besides smartphones, devices using the flip form include laptop computers, subnotebooks, the Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS, though these are less frequently described as "flip" or "clamshell" compared to smartphones.
Other appliances like
Bookbinders build archival "clamshell" boxes called Solander cases, in which valuable books or loose papers can be protected from light and dust.
See also
- "Communicator" (Star Trek), fictional forerunner of the "flip phone" (US, 1964)
- Grillo telephone, early Italian "flip phone" (1965)
- Brionvega, Italian company that introduced a number of products with "clamshell" formfactor in the 1960s and 1970s
- Dual-touchscreen
- Foldable smartphone
- Laptop
References
- ^ US trademark #2157939, cancelled February 26, 2005
- ^ [1] Archived 2021-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Armageddon 2419 A.D.
- ^ Vaughan, Kendra (27 July 2023). "Infinite Diversity or Infinite Opportunity: a Look at Star Trek and its Cultural Influence". History in the Making. 16.
- ^ U.S. patent D280511
- ^ U.S. patent 4,571,456
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