Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Minsung Lee

Jungjin Kim

Jongyoon Kim

Jongchul Choi

Minwoo Yoo

Chungkeun Yoo

Seunghyun Hwang

Jaeho Kang

Byounguk Yoon

Iksu Jung

Daehyeong Park

Gidae Kim

Moohyun Baek

Sangin Baek

Jaehee Kim

Gyeongtae Kim

Uyhyeon Jeong

Bongsuk Choi

Youngsik Choi

Kwonho Son

Jongmin Choi

Chongkun Cho

Seonghoon Kim

Soyoung Lee

Jaebong Chun

Hun Rae Kim

Jinwoo Jung

Heecheul Moon

Yongyoun Kim

Yongseok Lee

Jinyoung Park

Kyungmoon Seol

Minsu Jung

Jongkeun Kim

Daeyoung Noh

Hyungsoo Kim

Wonhee Choi

Sunggun Cho

Yonghwa Han

Donghyun Byun

Chankeun Song

Youngsoo Jang

Changyoun Hwang

Hun Sung Kim

Sungjoo Cho

Kyunghoon Hyun

Donghyun Yeom

Jihyun Kim

Hyunju Hong

Changryong Heo

Jinho Lee

Jieun Myung

Dohyung Ha

Hyungsup Byeon

Jisang Park

Yongwook Hwang

Hyeongsam Son

Byounghee Choi

Kwangjin Bae

Yunsung Ha

Heebo Shim

Junghyeon Hwang

Howon Lee

Kyungpil Kim

Nayoung Chu

Hyun-Mi Cheong

Jaeil Seo

Hongmoon Cheon

Yoo Minwoo

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a first housing; a second housing; at least one hinge device configured to foldably couple the first housing and the second housing with respect to a folding axis, wherein the at least one hinge device includes a rotation bracket link; a first rotation bracket rotatably coupled to the rotation bracket link and connected to the first housing; a second rotation bracket rotatably coupled to the rotation bracket link and connected to the second housing; at least one hinge device including a first arm coupled to the first rotation bracket and a second arm coupled to the second rotation bracket; a flexible display disposed to receive support from the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge device; and a first plate and second plate disposed under the flexible display, wherein the first arm and the second arm have the second plate and a support area for supporting the second plate when the electronic device is in an unfolded state.

Electronic device including display support structure

An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing, and a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and guiding a sliding movement of the first housing; a flexible display including a first display area connected to the first housing, and a second display area extending from the first display area; and a display support member supporting at least a portion of the second display area, wherein the display support member includes a plurality of bars which are arranged side by side and include a first processing structure formed on a side surface, wherein the plurality of bars may include: a first bar including a processing structure having a protrusion or groove shape; and a second bar at least partially facing the processing structure and including a processing structure corresponding to the shape of the processing structure.

Electronic device comprising display support member

An electronic device includes a flexible display slidably coupled to a housing and including a first portion exposed outside the housing and a second portion connected to the first portion and both extendable out of and retractable into the housing together with sliding of the first portion, a first roller inside the housing and rotatable about a first shaft having a radius of curvature, and a second roller which is inside the housing, rotatable about a second shaft spaced apart from the first shaft and being further from the end portion of the housing than the first shaft. Retraction of the flexible display into the housing extends the second portion of the flexible display along the first roller to have a curvature corresponding the radius of curvature of the first roller, together with the second portion of the flexible display being extended along the second roller.

Electronic device having flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure, a second mid-plate disposed on one side of the second housing structure, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending between the first mid-plate and the second mid-plate, a first sealing member that seals a first opening formed in the first mid-plate, and a second sealing member that seals a second opening formed in the second mid-plate.

Electronic device including waterproof structure

According to an example embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided, and the electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing, a second housing, and a folding part between the first housing and the second housing. A first support structure is positioned in an internal space of the first housing to support a portion of a flexible display of the device. A second support structure is positioned in an internal space of the second housing to support a second portion of the flexible display. A first plate assembly is positioned in an internal space of the foldable housing, coupled to the first support structure, to support a portion of the flexible display. The first plate assembly includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, and a fourth plate. The second plate is positioned between the third plate and the fourth plate, when viewed from above the fourth surface.

Foldable 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

The disclosure discloses a foldable electronic device including rotary supports connected to housings, arm parts connected to the rotary supports, and rotary shafts disposed in the arm parts. At least one arm part among the arm parts includes arm cam structures in which fastening holes spaced apart from each other by a predetermined gap are formed. A shape of a cross-section of a rotary shaft inserted into the fastening holes includes flat areas and curved areas when viewed in an axial direction in which the rotary shaft is inserted. The rotary shaft is formed such that a first thickness of a first portion at least partially disposed in one fastening hole among the fastening holes differs from a second thickness of a second portion at least partially disposed in another fastening hole among the fastening holes.

Hinge structure and foldable 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 of an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first structure comprising a first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface; a second structure comprising a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate, a first sidewall perpendicular to the second plate, a second sidewall perpendicular to the first sidewall and the second plate, and a third sidewall perpendicular to the first sidewall and the second plate and parallel to the second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall includes a conductive portion, and the second plate, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the third sidewall together form a trough with one side open to receive at least a portion of the first structure, and the first structure is movable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the second structure in a first direction parallel to the second plate and the second sidewall such that the first structure is located at a first distance from the first sidewall in the closed state and is located at a second distance greater than the first distance from the first sidewall in the open state; a flexible touch screen display layer comprising: a planar portion extending across at least a portion of the first surface and mounted to the first surface; and a bendable portion extending, during the closed state, from the planar portion into a space between the first sidewall and the first structure, wherein when the first structure is moved from the closed state to the open state, at least a portion of the bendable portion forms a substantially planar surface between the planar portion and the first sidewall as viewed from the top of the first plate; a conductive pattern mounted on the second plate between the second surface and the second plate; a first conductive path extending between the conductive portion of the first sidewall and the conductive pattern; a printed circuit board mounted on the first structure; a wireless charging circuit mounted on the printed circuit board; a wireless communication circuit mounted on the printed circuit board; and a flexible conductive path connected between the printed circuit board and the conductive pattern, wherein the flexible conductive path includes a second conductive path electrically connected between the wireless charging circuit and the conductive pattern, and a third conductive path electrically connected between the communication circuit and the first conductive path.

Electronic device comprising wireless charging module and flexible display

An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the first housing to the second housing, and a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing across the hinge assembly. The hinge assembly includes a first bracket coupled to the first housing to rotate about a first axis, a second bracket coupled to the second housing to rotate about a second axis, a fixing bracket supporting the first bracket and the second bracket, a first shaft rotating about a third axis, a second shaft rotating adjacent to the first shaft and rotating about a fourth axis, a first arm coupled to the first shaft and having one side coupled to the first bracket, a second arm coupled to the second shaft and having one side coupled to the second bracket, and a support located between the first arm and the second arm.

Foldable electronic device including hinge assembly

Disclosed is a portable electronic device including a front cover that forms a front face of the electronic device, a rear cover that forms a rear face of the electronic device, a bezel that surrounds a space formed by the front cover and the rear cover, a display device that is embedded in the space and includes a screen region that is exposed through the front cover, a metal structure that is positioned within the space and includes a first face facing the front cover and a second face facing the rear cover, a non-metal structure that is positioned within the space to partially overlap with the metal structure and includes a first surface facing the front cover and a second surface facing the rear cover, and a metal filler extending from the first surface to the second surface of the non-metal structure through a portion of the non-metal structure.

Housing, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device having the housing

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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Suwon-si, South Korea

Minsung Lee