Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foldable display device
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Application No.: US17313399Application Date: 2021-05-06
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Publication No.: US11340663B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Jong Yoon Kim , Jung Jin Kim , Young Sun Park , Chung Keun Yoo
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0159793 20171128,KR10-2018-0023001 20180226
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H05K5/02 ; H04M1/02 ; H05K5/00

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes two housing structures, a hinge structure, and a flexible display, the hinge structure includes a first saw-toothed spur gear, a second saw-toothed spur gear, a third saw-toothed spur gear, a fourth saw-toothed spur gear, a first guide structure fixed to the first housing structure and rotated by the gears, and a second guide structure fixed to the second housing structure and rotated in an opposite direction of the first guide structure, the first guide structure is rotated about a first axis formed from a bottom surface of the flexible display upwards, and the second guide structure is rotated about a second axis that is spaced apart from the first axis and is formed from the bottom surface of the flexible display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210255672A1 FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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