HINGE STRUCTURE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4344173A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-27

    申请号:EP22855948.0

    申请日:2022-03-28

    摘要: The disclosure discloses a foldable electronic device including rotary supports connected to housings, arm parts connected to the rotary supports, and rotary shafts disposed in the arm parts. At least one arm part among the arm parts includes arm cam structures in which fastening holes spaced apart from each other by a predetermined gap are formed. A shape of a cross-section of a rotary shaft inserted into the fastening holes includes flat areas and curved areas when viewed in an axial direction in which the rotary shaft is inserted. The rotary shaft is formed such that a first thickness of a first portion at least partially disposed in one fastening hole among the fastening holes differs from a second thickness of a second portion at least partially disposed in another fastening hole among the fastening holes.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FOLDABLE DISPLAY

    公开(公告)号:EP4325330A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-21

    申请号:EP23219433.2

    申请日:2019-05-29

    IPC分类号: G06F1/16

    摘要: An electronic device device comprising a housing including a hinge cover, a first bracket, and a second bracket configured to face the first bracket in a fully folded state. The device further comprises a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) accommodated in the housing such that a first region of the FPCB is exposed through a first opening, a second region of the FPCB is exposed through a second opening, and a third region of the FPCB between the first region and the second region is disposed in the hinge cover as bended, the FPCB including a metal plate covering a portion of a rear surface of the first region such that, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the flexible display, the metal plate is overlapped with a portion of a lateral periphery of the hinge cover when the housing is folded or unfolded.

    HINGE STRUCTURE AND FOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4277245A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-15

    申请号:EP22834834.8

    申请日:2022-11-29

    IPC分类号: H04M1/02 F16C11/04 G06F1/16

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device and a hinge structure included therein. The foldable electronic device includes a display, a first housing and a second housing, and a hinge housing in which the hinge structure is seated. The hinge structure includes a fixed bracket having a first rail and a second rail, a first rotating member fastened to the first rail, a second rotating member fastened to the second rail, a first link member coupled with a rail structure formed on the first rotating member, a second link member coupled with a rail structure formed on the second rotating member, a first arm member fastened to the first link member, and a second arm member fastened to the second link member. The first arm member includes a seventh rail disposed at a position extending from the fifth rail structure.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING HINGE MODULE
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4178181A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-10

    申请号:EP21852999.8

    申请日:2021-06-08

    IPC分类号: H04M1/02 G06F1/16 F16C11/04

    摘要: According to various embodiments disclosed in the present document, an electronic device comprises a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge module that rotatably couples the first housing and the second housing, wherein the hinge module comprises a hinge bracket and a first internal gear, comprises a first rotary bracket and a second internal gear rotatably mounted on the hinge bracket, and comprises a second rotary bracket rotatably mounted on the hinge bracket, a first gear shaft which is rotatably mounted in the hinge bracket and of which a portion is geared with the first internal gear, and a second gear shaft which is rotatably mounted in the hinge bracket, and of which a portion is geared with the second internal gear, and the first gear shaft and the second gear shaft can include a rotation supporting hole formed on at least one end thereof so as to be rotatably coupled to the hinge bracket. Various other embodiments are possible.

    HINGE MODULE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP3699728A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-26

    申请号:EP20158234.3

    申请日:2020-02-19

    IPC分类号: G06F1/16

    摘要: A hinge module according to one embodiment includes a fixed structure including a central portion, a guide portion having an edge facing an edge of the central portion, and a support portion configured to connect the central portion and the guide portion, wherein an interior space is formed between the central portion and the guide portion, a connecting shaft extending into the interior space through the central portion and including a gear formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the connecting shaft, and a rotary structure disposed in the interior space, the rotary structure including a circular arc shaped gear having a plurality of gear teeth arranged in a circular arc shape and that are engaged with the gear, wherein the rotary structure rotates about a virtual axis of rotation passing through a center of a circular arc of the circular arc shaped gear.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING HINGE MODULE
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4199482A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-21

    申请号:EP21858459.7

    申请日:2021-06-24

    IPC分类号: H04M1/02 F16C11/04 G06F1/16

    摘要: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a first housing; a second housing; a display which is received in the first housing and the second housing; and a hinge module which connects the first housing and the second housing to each other, wherein the hinge module comprises: a hinge bracket; a first rotating bracket which is connected to the first housing and rotatably mounted to the hinge bracket; a second rotating bracket which is connected to the second housing and rotatably mounted to the hinge bracket; a first link member which includes a first gear shaft at least partially received in the hinge bracket and is at least partially disposed in the first rotating bracket; a second link member which is connected to the first gear shaft, includes a second gear shaft at least partially received in the hinge bracket, and is at least partially disposed in the second rotating bracket; a first guide member which is connected to the first rotating bracket and is configured to provide an elastic force to the first link member in a first direction perpendicular to the display; and a second guide member which is connected to the second rotating bracket and is configured to provide an elastic force to the second link member in the first direction.

    HINGE MODULE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP3951555A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-09

    申请号:EP21198854.8

    申请日:2020-02-19

    IPC分类号: G06F1/16

    摘要: The present invention relates to a portable communication device comprising a housing structure including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing being configured to rotate about a first rotating axis parallel to an axial direction, and the second housing portion being configured to rotate about a second rotating axis parallel to the axial direction; a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing; a first hinge module disposed in the housing structure and connected to the first housing and the second housing, the first hinge module being configured to link the first housing and the second housing such that the first and second housings rotate in opposite directions, wherein the first hinge module includes a first shaft configured to rotate in response to rotation of the first housing, a second shaft configured to rotate in response to rotation of the second housing, and a sub-gear configured to connect the first shaft and the second shaft; and a second hinge module disposed in the housing structure and configured to guide a rotational path of the first housing and a rotational path of the second housing, wherein the second hinge module includes: a fixed structure; a first rotary structure attached to the first housing; and a second rotary structure attached to the second housing, wherein the first rotary structure and the second rotary structure are operatively linked to each other without a gear disposed therebetween.