公开(公告)号：US20230042280A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-09

申请号：US17971460

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Wooktae KIM ,  Ingi KIM ,  Wonho LEE

IPC: H01L51/52 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B17/06 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B32B25/20

Abstract: An example electronic device includes a transparent cover; and a flexible display coupled to the cover. The cover may include a first layer including glass; a second layer positioned between the first layer and the flexible display; and a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer includes a pattern overlapping a folding part of the flexible display and including a plurality of grooves formed in a bonding surface with the second layer, and has a hardness greater than that of the second layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230156947A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18155355

申请日：2023-01-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngkyong JO ,  Wooktae KIM ,  Taehyeong RYU ,  Jungkyu PARK ,  Youngmin SEO ,  Bora LEE ,  Sangbong LEE ,  Wonho LEE ,  Jongsu LEE

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  B32B3/26 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B17/10

CPC classification number: H05K5/03 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B3/266 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B17/10005 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B2307/558 ,  B32B2307/732 ,  B32B2457/20

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing and a flexible display. The foldable housing may provide a front surface of the electronic device and a rear surface of the electronic device. The flexible display may be located in an inner space of the foldable housing. The flexible display may be combined with a front cover of the foldable housing providing the front surface. The front cover may include a pattern in which a plurality of openings corresponding to a folding portion of the foldable housing or a plurality of recesses provided in a surface facing the flexible display are periodically provided. A plurality of sub-pixels emitting light of a same wavelength in the flexible display may be arranged in a same direction as a direction in which the plurality of openings or the plurality of recesses are periodically arranged.

公开(公告)号：US20220103672A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17496652

申请日：2021-10-07

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jinho JUNG ,  Youngkyong JO ,  Kyongrok KANG ,  Wooktae KIM ,  Jungkyu PARK ,  Gyuhyun BYUN ,  Jungwon BYUN ,  Bora LEE

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing foldably connected to the first housing through a hinge device, and a flexible display including a first portion facing the first housing, a second portion facing the second housing, and a bendable third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion and facing the hinge device. The flexible display may include a window layer including a first region facing the first portion, a second region facing the second portion, and a third region facing the third portion and configured to be bendable, a display panel disposed under the window layer, and a subsidiary material layer disposed under the display panel. The window layer may include a glass layer including a plurality of first openings formed at specified intervals and a filling member filled in the plurality of first openings. Other embodiments may be possible.

公开(公告)号：US20230008612A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17855115

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyeryun YOO ,  Youngtae KIM ,  Kiyul LIM ,  Wooktae KIM ,  Hyungjin LEE

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H01B1/02

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a flexible display that is configured to be deformable to a first state, in which an exposed amount of a display area of the flexible display has a first size, and a second state, in which the exposed amount of the display area is expanded in a first direction; a deformable member including a liquid-state electrode, the deformable member configured to deform in a length direction based on the flexible display transitioning between the first state and the second state; a deformation sensing circuit configured to sense a resistance component of the liquid-state electrode, the resistance component corresponding to an exposure degree of the display area; a connector member electrically connecting the deformable member and the deformation sensing circuit; a rigid member coupled to the deformable member; and a fixed structure contacting a partial area of the rigid member.

公开(公告)号：US20210029841A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16932040

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Wooktae KIM ,  Gyuha JO ,  Ingi KIM

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge, a second housing connected to the hinge so as to fold the first housing, and a display disposed to receive support of at least a portion of the second housing from at least a portion of the first housing through the hinge. The display includes a display panel, at least one polymer member disposed at a rear surface of the display panel, and a conductive plate disposed at a rear surface of the at least one polymer member. The conductive plate includes a first flat portion facing the first housing, a second flat portion facing the second housing, and a flexible portion configured to connect the first flat portion and the second flat portion and disposed to be bendable. The flexible portion includes support pieces spaced apart from each other through slits, and a conductive elastic member configured to connect electrically and physically the first flat portion, the support pieces, and the second flat portion.