Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Otis Elevator Company

Sunggun Cho

Jaehee Kim

Byounguk Yoon

Jongkeun Kim

Chongkun Cho

Minyee An

Daehyeong Park

Seunghyun Hwang

Jongmin Choi

Dongik Lee

Uyhyeon Jeong

Hwamok Pak

Hun Rae Kim

Donghyun Byun

Hwamok Park

Donghyun Yeom

Junyoung Choi

Minsung Lee

Jinwook Baik

Kwangtai Kim

Kyungtae Kim

Yongseok Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Youngmin Kang

Moonchul Shin

Joongyeon Cho

Jinho Lim

Minsu Jung

Wonhee Choi

Iksu Jung

Seonghoon Kim

Gyeongtae Kim

Junghyeob Lee

Hyunho Shin

Hun Sung Kim

Keiji Hashimoto

Takahiro Yamada

Jinju Lee

Bokgyu Song

Yaodong Chen

Geuna Lee

Shinichi Furuta

Electronic devices may include a flexible display and a plate. The flexible display may be configured to be at least partially withdrawable from the internal space of the electronic device. The plate may be disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display. In the plate, a first portion of a first thickness and a second portion of a second thickness thicker than the first thickness may be repeatedly arranged based on one surface of the plate connected to the rear surface of the flexible display. The plate may include a plurality of openings formed on the first portion. The first portion and the second portion may be integrally formed, and may include or be formed from the same material.

Electronic device including flexible display and display support structure, and manufacturing method of display support structure

Disclosed is an electronic device includes a flexible circuit board passing via a first through-hole included in a first housing and a second through-hole included in a second housing, a first support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the first through-hole, a second support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the second through-hole, a first waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the first through-hole from the first support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the first through-hole, a second waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the first through-hole, a third waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the second through-hole from the second support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the second through-hole, a fourth waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the second through-hole.

Electronic device including waterproof structure

A rollable electronic device includes a display structure including a display area, a first housing fixed to the display structure, a second housing slidable with respect to the first housing and the display structure, a sliding driver which is in the first housing, and a tension transmitting member which is windable at the sliding driver, the tension transmitting member including a first end connected to the display structure and a second end connected the first housing. An opening operation includes the second housing sliding away from the first housing, expanding the display area, and the sliding driver winding the first end of the tension transmitting member, in a first rotational direction, and a closing operation includes the second housing sliding toward the first housing, contracting the display area, in the opening operation, the sliding driver winding the second end of the tension transmitting member, in a second rotational direction.

Display support structure and rollable electronic device having the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first through hole, a flexible printed circuit board including a plurality of layers, a first portion of the flexible printed circuit board disposed to pass through the through hole, a bonding member being disposed between the plurality of layers constituting the first portion, and a waterproofing member formed to surround at least part of the first portion of the flexible printed circuit board.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device may include a front housing including an opening and a bonding area formed around the opening; a display module disposed to cover the opening by at least part thereof, wherein the display module may include: a display to provide visual information to a user; a base disposed along an edge area of the display and including a bonding part formed to correspond to the bonding area; and a stopper disposed to surround at least part of the bonding part and formed toward the housing, to provide a bonding space between the bonding area and the bonding part; and an adhesive member disposed in the bonding space, to connect between the bonding area and the bonding part. Various other implementation modifications are available.

Electronic device including display

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing including at least one through-hole and connected to the first housing through a hinge device, a display panel disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing, a bending part extending outward from the display panel and including a control circuit, a cover member disposed on at least a portion of the bending part so as to cover at least a part of the control circuit and including a conductive layer, a first waterproof member disposed between the display panel and the first housing so as to surround at least a portion of the bending part, a second waterproof member disposed between the bending part and the first housing, and a third waterproof member filled through the through-hole such that the first waterproof member is connected to the second waterproof member, wherein the cover member includes an exposed part in which at least a part of the conductive layer is exposed, and the exposed part is disposed to at least partially overlap the through-hole.

An electronic device is disclosed, including a hinge connecting to first and second housings as to enable foldability, a flexible display spanning at least a portion of the first housing and the second housing, wherein the flexible display is foldable and unfoldable along with folding and unfolding of the first and second housings, a first sealing member extending as to be disposed between an inner surface of the first housing, an inner surface of the second housing, and an outer surface of the flexible display and an elastic support member disposed between a portion of the flexible display, a portion of the inner surface of the first housing, and a portion of the inner surface of the second housing, within a folding area in which the first housing and the second housing are foldable and unfoldable.

Electronic device including sealing member

An electronic device is disclosed, including a first housing with a first support member, a second housing foldably coupled to the first housing through a hinge mechanism and including a second support member, a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, the flexible display including: a window layer, a display panel disposed under the window layer, and a bending portion extended from the display panel and attached to a rear surface of the display panel, the bending portion including: an extension portion and a control circuit and a flexible substrate, a first waterproof member, a second waterproof member, and a third waterproof member that connects the first waterproof member and second waterproof member, wherein when the flexible display is viewed from above, the control circuit and the flexible substrate overlap a first waterproof space formed through the first, second and third waterproof member.

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device includes: a transparent front surface plate defining at least a portion of a front surface of the electronic device, and including a first edge and a second edge disposed on opposite sides, a third edge connecting one end of the first edge and one end of the second edge, and a fourth edge connecting another end of the first edge and another end of the second edge and disposed opposite the third edge; a rear surface plate defining at least a portion of a rear surface of the electronic device; a side housing surrounding at least a portion of a space between the front surface plate and the rear surface plate; a support disposed in the space and connected with the side housing or integrally formed with the side housing; a display disposed in the space and viewable through at least a portion of the front surface plate; a second flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) disposed to at least partially overlap the display when viewed above the front surface plate; a first FPCB connecting the display and the second FPCB, and disposed in a folded state within a specified proximity of the fourth edge and having a portion overlapping the display when viewed above the front surface plate; a first seal disposed between the first FPCB and the support, or between the second FPCB and the support, and extending from a first end to a second end along the fourth edge; a second seal disposed between the display and the support, and extending from a third end proximate the first end to a fourth end proximate the second end along the first edge, the third edge, and the second edge; and a third seal disposed between the first end of the first seal and the third end of the second seal, and between the second end of the first seal and the fourth end of the second seal, and connecting the first seal and the second seal.

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.

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.

Electronic device with bonding structure

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sunggun Cho