Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hee Cheul Moon

Chung Keun Yoo

Gi Dae Kim

Moo Hyun Baek

Se Young Jang

Jong Chul Choi

Kyung Hoon Song

Min Sung Lee

Kwang Sub Lee

Heung Sik Shin

Hyung Dal Kim

Gyu Sang Cho

Bong Suk Choi

Myung Su Kang

Kwang Jin Bae

Hyo Sung Kang

A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface, and a hinge. The hinge includes a hinge shaft, a sliding device including a portion configured to slide to an inside or an outside of the second housing to be introduced, or slide from the inside or the outside of the second housing in a specific direction to be extracted in correspondence to a hinge operation of the second housing, and a multi-bar disposed between the first surface and the fourth surface and including multi-bar units to be spread or bent in correspondence to a hinge operation of the second housing.

Flexible display electronic device

An electronic device is provided which includes a light emitting module that radiates infrared light, a window disposed on the light emitting module and having a specific refractive index with respect to the infrared light, wherein the window includes a refraction part that totally reflects the infrared light inside the window in correspondence with the specific refractive index, and a fingerprint sensor disposed under the window and obtaining a fingerprint of a user based on a user input on the window by using scattered light of the infrared light.

Electronic device including fingerprint sensor and operating method thereof

Disclosed is an electronic device having a waterproof function. The electronic device includes a housing in which a coupling groove is formed, a cover including a hook detachably fit to the coupling groove, the cover configured to detachably couple to the housing by the hook, and a sealing band disposed on an inner side of the cover configured to contact at least a part of a surface of the housing which faces the cover when the cover is coupled to the housing, wherein the sealing band has a rib extending towards the housing, at least a part of the rib being bent in a specific direction. Other embodiments derived from the specification are possible.

Electronic device including a function of water proof and cover thereof

A display module fixing apparatus used in a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet Personal Computer (PC), or the like is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a display module bracket comprising an opening in a predetermined shape and a slim plate integrally fixed to the display module bracket into the opening. Therefore, the portable terminal using the display module fixing apparatus achieves slimness thereof.

Slim-type display module fixing apparatus for portable terminal

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Hee Cheul Moon