Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yonghee Jang

Dooryong Kim

Seungjun Lee

Junyoung Choi

Daeyoung Kim

Chijoon Kim

Sunghun Kim

Jungwon Park

Jongmin Kang

Seungwhee Choi

Hyunggeun Lee

Hyosang An

Yunsik Kim

Jingook Kim

Sinyoung Park

Jaemyung Cho

JinGook Kim

Jejin Lee

Byoungguk Lim

Dongil Jung

Jaeyang Lee

Sangho Yoo

Hyeongseok Lim

Gwangchel Jeong

Kwangsik Han

An air conditioner, and a control method, including a compressor to compress a refrigerant; an outdoor heat exchanger; a first four-way valve between a discharge port of the compressor and an upper inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger; a second four-way valve between the discharge port of the compressor and a lower inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger; and a controller electrically connected to the compressor and the first four-way valve and the second four-way valve to control the first and second four-way valves to perform a first defrosting operation which defrosts an upper and a lower portion of the outdoor heat exchanger during a heating operation, and control the first and second four-way valves to perform a second defrosting operation which operates the upper portion as an evaporator, and operates the lower portion as a condenser, based on a detected need for additional defrosting of the lower portion.

Air conditioner with defrosting operation and method for controlling the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge housing extending in a direction of a rotational axis, a first housing connected to one side of the hinge housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis to rotate about the rotational axis relative to the hinge housing, a second housing connected to an opposite side of the hinge housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis to rotate about the rotational axis relative to the hinge housing, and a flexible display including a bending area at least partially disposed in the hinge housing and formed to be a flat surface or a curved surface, a first area extending from the bending area in one direction perpendicular to the rotational axis, and a second area extending from the bending area in an opposite direction perpendicular to the rotational axis.

Electronic device including display

An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure including a hinge module connecting the first housing and the second housing; a flexible display including a first region, a second region, and a bending region; a first protection cover disposed over the first housing; a second protection cover disposed over the second housing; a protective cap disposed over the hinge structure; and a blocking member disposed between the flexible display and the protective cap and connecting the first protection cover and the second protection cover, the blocking member being composed of an elastic material to bend corresponding to the foldable manner.

Foldable electronic device including display protection structure

An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure connecting the first housing and the second housing in a foldable manner; a flexible display including a first region corresponding to the first housing, a second region corresponding to the second housing, and a folding region corresponding to the hinge structure; a first protection cover disposed on the first housing to cover a periphery of the first region of the flexible display; a second protection cover disposed on the second housing to cover a periphery of the second region of the flexible display; and at least one protection structure.

An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure connecting the first housing and the second housing in a foldable manner; a flexible display that includes a first region facing the first housing, a second region facing the second housing, and a folding region facing the hinge structure; a protective cap including a protrusion that projects outward from the hinge structure; and a blocking member that is disposed between the flexible display and the protective cap to be supported by the protrusion in the folding region and is made of a material having elasticity.

An electronic device is provided, which includes a hinge structure corresponding to a folding region of electronic device; a first housing structure connected to the hinge structure, and including a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a first side member surrounding a first space between the first surface and the second surface; a second housing structure connected to the hinge structure, and including a third surface, a fourth surface facing away from the third surface, and a second side member surrounding a second space between the third surface and the fourth surface, wherein the first housing structure and the second housing structure fold and unfold about the hinge structure, wherein the first surface and the third surface face a same direction in an unfolded state, and wherein the second surface and the fourth surface face opposite directions in a folded state; a display that traverses at least a portion of the first surface and at least a portion of the third surface through the folding region; a first protection cover disposed in the first housing structure on at least some of a periphery of the display; a second protection cover disposed in the second housing structure on at least some of the periphery of the display; and a protection structure that protects the periphery of the display in the folding region.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Yonghee Jang