公开(公告)号：US20230205281A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18117629

申请日：2023-03-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jungjin KIM ,  Jongyoon KIM ,  Chungkeun YOO ,  Jongmin KANG ,  Suman LEE ,  Sungkyu HWANG

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  H04M1/0216

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20220283612A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17752247

申请日：2022-05-24

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jongyoon KIM ,  Jungjin KIM ,  Chungkeun YOO ,  Jongmin KANG ,  Suman LEE ,  Hyunggeun LEE

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02 ,  E05D11/10 ,  E05D7/00 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: A portable communication device includes a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion; a flexible display accommodated in the first housing portion and the second housing portion; a first hinge plate coupled to the first housing portion; a second hinge plate coupled to the second housing portion; and a first hinge structure disposed between the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate, the first hinge structure including a first plate coupling portion coupled with the first hinge plate, the first plate coupling portion including a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion spaced apart from each other to form a space therebetween; and a second plate coupling portion coupled with the second hinge plate, the second plate coupling portion configured to be, at least partially, engaged in the space between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion if the housing is unfolded, and to be disengaged from the space if the housing is folded.

公开(公告)号：US20200351393A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16838487

申请日：2020-04-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jongmin KANG ,  Yunsik KIM ,  Jungwon PARK ,  Seungchul BAEK ,  Suman LEE ,  Chijoon KIM

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K1/02

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first side surface member at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a second housing structure including a third surface facing in a third direction, a fourth surface facing in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and a second side surface member at least partially surrounding a space between the third surface and the fourth surface, a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure, the hinge structure providing a folding axis on which the first housing structure and the second housing structure rotate, the hinge structure including a first hinge plate mounted inside the first housing structure and a second hinge plate mounted inside the second housing structure, at least one flexible printed circuit board crossing the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure, and at least one elastic member disposed on at least one of the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate in a position adjacent to the folding axis. The elastic member is, at least one of, disposed between at least one of the first hinge plate or the flexible printed circuit board or disposed between the second hinge plate and the flexible printed circuit board.

公开(公告)号：US20200267859A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16794666

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Dooryong KIM ,  Jongmin KANG ,  Jungjin KIM ,  Jongyoon KIM ,  Inyoul BAEK ,  Chungkeun YOO ,  Doosun YOON ,  Suman LEE ,  Jonghwan CHOI

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  F16C11/04 ,  E05D11/00 ,  E05D11/06

Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge module a hinge structure for a wireless communication device, the hinge structure preventing a rotary structure from being separated from a fixed structure in a flat state and a folded state.