Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Moohyun Baek

Gidae Kim

Byounguk Yoon

Youngsoo Chun

Minsung Lee

Soyoung Lee

Jongchul Choi

Jaeyoung Shin

Seungmin Choi

Jiwoo Lee

Heecheul Moon

Jungjin Kim

Chungkeun Yoo

Jongyoon Kim

Shinho Yoon

Dongryul Shin

Youngsik Choi

Jungsik Park

Jungchul An

Kangmoon Kim

Minwoo Yoo

Changmin Lee

Jeong Woo Woo

Gyeongtae Kim

Soonwoong Yang

Youngchul Lee

Seungjae Bae

Jina Mock

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first plate; a second plate; a lateral member provided around a space between the first plate and the second plate, the lateral member including a conductive part and a nonconductive part; a frame member provided at least partly along a border of the lateral member and at least partially forming a side surface of the electronic device; and a display in the space and facing the first plate. The frame member is coupled with the nonconductive part.

Electronic device comprising housing assembly structure

An electronic device may include: a housing forming at least a portion of the exterior of the electronic device; a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in a first region formed by the housing; a second printed circuit board disposed in a second region formed by the housing; a first antenna module disposed in a third region formed by the housing and adjacent to at least a portion of the exterior; a bracket which fixes the first antenna module to the housing; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) which electrically connects the first printed circuit board to the first antenna module; and at least one coaxial cable which electrically connects the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board, wherein the at least one coaxial cable may be disposed so as to be stacked with the first antenna module with respect to the direction perpendicular to the rear surface of the electronic device and may be fixed to the bracket. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device comprising antenna module and coaxial cable

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

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a front plate, a rear plate, a side member surrounding space between the front plate and the rear plate, a support member located in the space and coupled to the side member, a display located between the front plate and the support member, a first adhesive member located between the front plate and the support member, and a second adhesive member located between the rear plate and the support member. The support member may include a first surface coupled to the side member, a second surface on which the display is disposed and which is separated from the first surface with the first adhesive member interposed therebetween, and a third surface located opposite to the second surface and separated from the first surface with the second adhesive member interposed therebetween. Various other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device including housing

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

According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a window frame disposed in the housing and providing at least one opening exposing an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing, at least one window coupled to the window frame to close the at least one opening, and at least one optical module disposed inside the housing and configured to receive external light incident through the at least one window. The at least one window may include an inner surface facing the inside of the housing, a side surface facing an inner wall of the at least one opening, and a first inclined surface connecting the side surface to the inner surface. The first inclined surface may be inclined with respect to the inner surface and the side surface and may be bonded to the inner wall. Other various embodiments are possible as well.

Electronic device including window for optical module

An electronic device includes a housing including a recess; an internal structure disposed in the recess; and a display disposed in the recess and supported by the internal structure, where the display includes a display panel including a first region and a second region, where the second region forms at least part of an edge of the display panel; and a flexible polymer layer forming an outer surface of the display panel, where the flexible polymer layer includes a first portion covering the first region and the second region, and a second portion extending from the first portion, enclosing the at least part of the edge of the display panel, and extending inward. Thereby, foreign material can be prevented from entering into the display. Various other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method of forming flexible display thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible touchscreen layer movable between an open state and a closed state and having a periphery located at a first distance from a first sidewall in the closed state, and located at a second distance longer than the first distance from the first sidewall in the open state. When the flexible touchscreen layer is moved from the open state to the closed state, at least part of the bendable portion may be led out from a recess to construct substantially a plane. When the flexible touchscreen layer is moved from the closed state to the open state, at least part of the bendable portion may be led into the recess to expose at least one of an inner structure having various modules disposed thereon or electronic component for access and/or use.

Electronic device with movable flexible display and operating method thereof

An electronic device may include an assembly that enables varying a visible portion of a display by extending and retracting a bendable portion of the display. The extending and retracting of the bendable display is facilitated by a first assembly on which a substantially planar visible portion of the display is disposed and a second assembly slidably attached to the first assembly. A space is defined by the first and second assemblies in which a bent portion of the display is housed. When the first assembly is extended (e.g., opened) with respect to the second assembly, at least a portion of the bent portion of the display is extended so as to be visible, and when the first assembly is closed (e.g., retracted) with respect to the second assembly, the extended bent portion of the display is retracted into the space between the first assembly and the second assembly, and is no longer visible. Various constructions of the first and second assemblies and corresponding structures are provided.

Electronic device including movable flexible display

An electronic device includes a housing, a button hole disposed on a side of the housing, a physical button mounted in the button hole, a support bracket that supports the physical button, and a waterproof bracket that seals, on a side of the housing to which the button hole is adjacent, at least part of a specified area where the physical button and the support bracket are disposed. The waterproof bracket includes a first bracket that makes close contact inside the housing in a direction toward a first surface of the housing and a second bracket that extends from the first bracket while forming a predetermined angle with the first bracket and that makes close contact inside the housing in a direction toward a second surface of the housing that is different from the first surface of the housing.

Electronic device including physical button structure

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a foldable housing including: a hinge; a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second housing connected to the hinge and including a third face facing a third direction and a fourth face facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be folded relative to the first housing about the hinge, wherein, in a folded state, the first face faces the third face, and, in an unfolded state, the third direction is the same as the first direction; a display including a first portion and a second portion extending from the first face to the third face to form the first face and the third face, respectively; a digitizer including a third portion disposed between the first portion of the display and the second face and a fourth portion disposed between the second portion of the display and the fourth face; a first magnet disposed in the first housing to overlap the third portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the second face; a second magnet disposed in the second housing to overlap the fourth portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the fourth face and to face the first magnet in the folded state; a first magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the first housing, the first magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the first magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the first magnetic shield member does not overlap the first magnet in the folded state and overlaps the first magnet in the unfolded state; and a second magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the second housing, the second magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the second magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the second magnetic shield member does not overlap the second magnet in the folded state and overlaps the second magnet in the unfolded state.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Moohyun Baek