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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Woosung Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungki Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungchul An, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, second housing, a hinge structure rotatably connecting a side surface of the first housing and a side surface of the second housing facing the side surface of the first housing along a folding axis, a flexible display panel including a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area, and a supporting member supporting the flexible display panel. The supporting member includes a flexible region including plural openings having a length in a direction parallel to the folding axis, spaced apart from each other, and corresponding to the third display area, and rigid regions corresponding to the first display area and the second display area. Both ends of each of the openings partially overlapped on the plurality of gears are disposed outside the plurality of gears projected onto the support member.