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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Heebo Shim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jongmin Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jingook Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Suman Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Wonseok Rhee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seongki Jeong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seungwhee Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing including at least one first electronic component, a second housing including at least one second electronic component, a hinge housing disposed between the first housing and the second housing, a hinge assembly assembled to the hinge housing to rotatably couple the first housing and the second housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically coupling the first electronic component and the second electronic component via the hinge housing, and a flexible display, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a support portion located between the flexible printed circuit board and the flexible display, wherein, as the electronic device rotates from folded to 180-degree unfolded, the support portion moves into the flexible display, and wherein, as the electronic device rotates from 180-degree unfolded to folded, the support portion moves into the flexible printed circuit board to be spaced apart from the flexible display.