Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chongkun Cho

Jaehee Kim

Wonhee Choi

Sunggun Cho

Donghyun Byun

Minwoo Yoo

Hyeongsam Son

Byounguk Yoon

Minsung Lee

Daehyeong Park

Jongmin Choi

Seunghyun Hwang

Jongkeun Kim

Hyungsoo Kim

Uyhyeon Jeong

Changjin Song

Hyeonwoo Lee

Hun Rae Kim

Iksu Jung

Sukjin Yun

Jongchul Choi

Changryong Heo

Yonghwa Han

Hun Sung Kim

An electronic device may include a display, a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge assembly configured to connect the first housing to the second housing and operate between a folded state and an unfolded state, wherein the hinge assembly may include a hinge bracket, a slider slidably connected to the hinge bracket and including a pair of reference cams and a pair of rotation rails configured to define a pair of hinge axes, a pair of rotators rotatably connected to the slider with the pair of hinge axes as centers, respectively, and both including a rotation cam configured to interoperate with the reference cams, and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force in a direction in which the reference cam and the rotation cam press each other.

Hinge assembly and electronic device including the same

In an example embodiment, an electronic device may include a display, a first housing; a second housing, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly may include a bracket structure, a pair of rotator structures respectively rotatable on a pair of hinge axes, a pair of arms respectively rotatable on a pair of arm axes, and each including an arm cam and a penetrating rail, a pair of pins respectively passing through the penetrating rails, connected to the rotator structure, respectively rotatable on a pair of pin axes, and each including a pin cam interoperating with the arm cam and a sliding guide slidable along the penetrating rail, and a pair of elastic members respectively connected to the pair of pins and each configured to press the pin cam toward the arm cam.

A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a fixed structure including a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a center of an arc of the first guide rail is a first axis of rotation parallel to an axial direction and a center of an arc of the second guide rail is a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction, a first rotary structure including a first guide portion accommodated in the first guide rail and a first helical groove extending around and along the first axis of rotation, a second rotary structure including a second guide portion accommodated in the second guide rail and a second helical groove extending around and along the second axis of rotation, and a sliding structure including a first guide protrusion accommodated in the first helical groove and a second guide protrusion accommodated in the second helical groove.

Hinge structure and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first area, a second area, and a folding area between the first area and the second area, a first housing configured to support the first area, a second housing configured to support the second area, and a hinge assembly configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, wherein the hinge assembly includes a hinge bracket including a pair of first rail structures formed to define a pair of hinge axes, a pair of hinge structures having one side connected to the first housing or the second housing and another side rotatably connected about the hinge axis along the first rail structure, and including a first cam structure. an intermediate member connected to the hinge bracket, and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the intermediate member.

Disclosed is a hinge structure that includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a first arm part, a second arm part, a first rotation part, a second rotation part, a first main gear, a second main gear, and first and second compound gears disposed between the main gears. The first compound gear may include a first gear portion geared with the first main gear, and of which a distance from a center point to a gear tooth end is a first radius, and a second gear portion geared with the second compound gear, and of which a distance from a center point to a gear tooth end is a second radius that is smaller than the first radius. The second compound gear may have a structure corresponding to that of the first compound gear. An electronic device including the hinge structure is also disclosed.

Hinge structure including compound gear and foldable electronic device including the same

A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a first rotary member connected with a first housing, a second rotary member connected with a second housing, a gear structure that makes the first rotary member and the second rotary member operate in conjunction with each other, a first arm connected with the first rotary member, a second arm connected with the second rotary member, a first torque providing member that fastens the first arm and the first rotary member, and a second torque providing member that fastens the second arm and the second rotary member.

Structure of hinge for foldable electronic device, and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front plate, a rear plate facing away the front plate, a side member disposed to surround a space defined between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the side member is coupled to the front plate and the rear plate to define a housing, wherein the side member is at least partially made of a metallic material, a polymer structure located in the space, and a display received in the space to be viewable through the front plat. The rear plate may be seated on the second surface.

Electronic device including housing and method for manufacturing the housing

Various embodiments disclosed in this document relate to an electronic device, for example, an electronic device comprising a conductive piece facing a housing of a metallic material, and an electronic device housing structure.

Electronic device and electronic device housing structure

A housing of an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The housing of an electronic device including at least one plate includes a first surface coupled to at least a portion of a plate of the at least one plate and facing a rear surface of the plate, and a member comprising a second surface being substantially perpendicular to the first surface and facing a side surface of the plate, and wherein the first surface comprises a protrusion protruding from the first surface toward the plate by a predetermined height, a first recess formed in from the first surface by a predetermined depth, and a second recess formed in from the first surface deeper than the first recess.

Housing and electronic device including the same

An electronic device including a display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display, and a bonding layer. The housing includes a front plate including a flat portion and at least one curved portion bent from a periphery of the flat portion, and disposed to face a first direction, a rear plate disposed to face a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side member including a first surface disposed to face a direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions, and extending while facing the curved portion and surrounding at least a partial space between the front plate and the rear plate. A first groove is recessed on the first surface in the second direction and in which an edge of the curved portion is accommodated, and a second groove is recessed on the inner side of the housing when viewed from the top of the front plate, the second groove is recessed in the second direction, and to which a bonding liquid is applied.

Electronic device including display

An electronic device is provided that includes a housing including a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate and at least partially constructed of a metal material, wherein the front plate includes a first edge having a first length and extending in a third direction, a second edge having a second length longer than the first length and extending in a fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction, a third edge parallel to the first edge, having the first length, and extending in the third direction from the second edge, a fourth edge parallel to the second edge, having the second length, and extending in the fourth direction from the first edge, a first region in which the third edge and the fourth edge meet, and a second region in which the second edge and the third edge meet, a display viewable through the front plate, and an adhesive layer constructed in a closed-curve shape along the first edge, second edge, third edge, and fourth edge of the front plate, wherein, when viewed from above the display, a width of the adhesive layer in the first region and the second region is greater than a width of the adhesive layer outside the first region and the second region.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Chongkun Cho