Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chungkeun Yoo

Jungjin Kim

Jongyoon Kim

Minsung Lee

Suman Lee

Jongmin Kang

Seunghyun Hwang

Jaeho Kang

Hyunggeun Lee

Sungkyu Hwang

Donghyun Yeom

Minwoo Yoo

Daehyeong Park

Gidae Kim

Sungho Ahn

Moohyun Baek

Jungwon Park

Jongkeun Kim

Seonghoon Kim

Yonghwa Han

Jonghae Kim

Harksang Kim

Youngsik Choi

Youngsun Park

Chungil Choi

Hyunsuk Choi

Jihoon Park

Hyungsoo Kim

Jonghwan Choi

Iksu Jung

Dooryong Kim

Taejeong Kim

Inyoul Baek

Hyosung Kang

Doosun Yoon

Giyun Lee

Hongmoon Chun

Chulho Bae

Jusung Maeng

Jungbae Park

Chaeyang Cho

Jongchan Seok

An electronic device including a first housing supporting a first display area, a second housing supporting a second display area, and a hinge assembly connecting the first housing to the second housing. The hinge assembly including a hinge bracket having a fixed cam that defines a pair of hinge axes, a pair of rotators connected to the hinge bracket and respectively rotatable on the pair of hinge axes, a pair of arms pivotably connected to the pair of rotators based on pivot axes, respectively, and each including a main body including a rotation cam interoperating with the fixed cam on an end of the main body and a bent body bent and extending from the main body, and at least a pair of elastic members configured to provide an elastic force to the bent body to press the rotation cam with respect to the fixed cam.

Hinge assembly and electronic device including the same

An electronic device includes: first and second housings configured to move relative to each other; a display disposed in the first and second housings; and a hinge module rotatably connecting the first and second housings, where the hinge module includes: first and second rotary members connected to the first and second housings; a rotary bracket in which the first and second rotary members are disposed; a first arm member connected to the first rotary member and including a first cam structure; a second arm member connected to the second rotary member and including a second cam structure; and a third cam structure facing the first and second cam structures, where the first and second cam structures include: an outer cam structure having a first cam profile; and an inner cam structure surrounded by the outer cam structure and having a second cam profile different from the first cam profile.

Electronic device comprising hinge module

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a foldable electronic device may comprise a hinge structure unit including a first hinge structure and a second hinge structure and a bracket to which the hinge structure unit is rotatably coupled. The first hinge structure or the second hinge structure may include a rotator provided with an interlocking hole and a cam having an end provided with an interlocking protrusion to be fitted into the interlocking hole to be assembled to the rotator.

Hinge structure and foldable electronic device including the same

Disclosed is an electronic device including a first housing, a second housing, a display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a first hinge plate coupled to the first housing, a second hinge plate coupled to the second housing, and at least one hinge structure coupled to the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate, wherein the at least one hinge structure comprises a center bracket, a first hinge bracket coupled to the center bracket and configured to rotate in a first direction, a second hinge bracket connected to the center bracket and configured to rotate in a second direction, and at least one hole formed in the center bracket.

Device including hinge structure preventing foreign matter from entering electronic device

A hinge structure includes a first rotary bracket that rotates about a first virtual axis and a second rotary bracket that rotates about a second virtual axis The hinge structure also includes a fixed bracket that includes the first rotary bracket and the second rotary bracket fixed thereto. The hinge further structure includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, a first arm and a second arm. Additionally, the hinge structure includes a cam part that includes bumpy structures. A first elastic body is mounted on the first rotary member and supports at least one side of the cam part and second elastic body is mounted on the second rotary member and supports at least an opposite side of the cam part. The hinge structure also includes a support bracket that supports the first elastic body and the second elastic body.

Hinge structure and electronic device including the same

An electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure that are foldably connected with each other and that form a recess together and a flexible display located in the recess. The flexible display includes a first part located in the first area of the recess and having a first gap from the first portion of the second housing structure in the unfolded state, the first part including a first peripheral portion facing the first portion of the second housing structure and a second part located in the second area of the recess and having a second gap from the second portion of the second housing structure, the second part including a second peripheral portion facing the second portion of the second housing structure, in which the second gap is smaller than the first gap in the unfolded state.

Electronic device including foldable display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display extending from a first housing to a second housing, and a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing and including a fixed member, a first rotary member coupled to the fixed member so as to be rotatable about a first axis extending parallel to an axial direction and connected with the first housing, a second rotary member coupled to the fixed member so as to be rotatable about a second axis parallel to the axial direction and connected with the second housing, a first guide member coupled to the first rotary member so as to be rotatable about a third axis parallel to the first axis, a second guide member coupled to the second rotary member so as to be rotatable about a fourth axis parallel to the second axis, a first rotary plate at least partially coupled to the first guide member to rotate about the third axis with the first guide member and supporting a partial area of the display, and a second rotary plate at least partially coupled to the second guide member to rotate about the fourth axis with the second guide member and supporting another partial area of the display. When the first housing or the second housing is folded or unfolded, the first rotary member rotates about the first axis in a first rotational direction, the first guide member and the first rotary plate rotate about the third axis in the first rotational direction, the second rotary member rotates about the second axis in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, and the second guide member and the second rotary plate rotate about the fourth axis in the second rotational direction.

Electronic device including hinge structure

A hinge module according to one embodiment includes a fixed structure including a central portion, a guide portion having an edge facing an edge of the central portion, and a support portion configured to connect the central portion and the guide portion, wherein an interior space is formed between the central portion and the guide portion, a connecting shaft extending into the interior space through the central portion and including a gear formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the connecting shaft, and a rotary structure disposed in the interior space, the rotary structure including a circular arc shaped gear having a plurality of gear teeth arranged in a circular arc shape and that are engaged with the gear, wherein the rotary structure rotates about a virtual axis of rotation passing through a center of a circular arc of the circular arc shaped gear.

Hinge module and foldable electronic device including the same

A portable communication device includes a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion; a flexible display accommodated in the first housing portion and the second housing portion; a first hinge plate coupled to the first housing portion; a second hinge plate coupled to the second housing portion; and a first hinge structure disposed between the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate, the first hinge structure including a first plate coupling portion coupled with the first hinge plate, the first plate coupling portion including a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion spaced apart from each other to form a space therebetween; and a second plate coupling portion coupled with the second hinge plate, the second plate coupling portion configured to be, at least partially, engaged in the space between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion if the housing is unfolded, and to be disengaged from the space if the housing is folded.

Hinge module including detent structure and foldable electronic device including the hinge module

Disclosed is a hinge module a hinge structure for a wireless communication device, the hinge structure preventing a rotary structure from being separated from a fixed structure in a flat state and a folded state.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a display, an opening, a slide portion configured to slide with respect to the housing, a camera module unit configured to rotate in association with an operation of the slide portion within the opening, and a sliding motion controller configured to implement a slide operation of the slide portion and a rotation operation of the camera module unit. The sliding motion controller includes a sliding plate coupled to the slide portion to slide together, a rack gear rail disposed in a sliding direction of the slide portion and configured to move together with the slide portion by a first length and having a gear formed at one end thereof, a locking hook protruded from the other end of the rack gear rail so as to intersect a sliding direction of the rack gear rail, and a locking guide formed to correspond to a position of the locking hook and coupled to the locking hook.

Electronic device including rotatable camera

Disclosed is a hinge module including a hinge structure having a first sub-hinge structure including a first center bracket and a first hinge bracket that rotates through a specified angle in a first direction and a second sub-hinge structure including a second center bracket and a second hinge bracket that rotates through a specified angle in an opposite direction to the first direction. The first hinge bracket and the second hinge bracket are separated from each other and are disposed between the first center bracket and the second center bracket, and hinge motion of the first sub-hinge structure is performed independently of hinge motion of the second sub-hinge structure. The hinge module and a foldable display device including the hinge module suppress a phenomenon in which the hinge module is opened when the housing structures are twisted, thereby preventing damage to the foldable display device.

Hinge module and foldable display device including the same

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Chungkeun Yoo