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：US20220413556A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17831517

申请日：2022-06-03

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sangbong LEE ,  Hoyeon KIM ,  Soonwoo KWON ,  Yongyi KIM ,  Jaesik KIM ,  Kyuyoung LEE ,  Jongsu LEE ,  Juha LEE

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

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, and a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, the flexible display including a window layer having a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and including a glass layer, and a display panel corresponding to the second surface under the window layer, wherein the glass layer includes a plurality of first patterns on the first surface, a surface of the plurality of first patterns being lower than the first surface, and a plurality of second patterns on the second surface, a surface of the plurality of second patterns being lower than the second surface, and a first etching amount per unit area of the plurality of first patterns and a second etching amount per the unit area of the plurality of second patterns are different.

公开(公告)号：US20230259173A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18178067

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Taedoo CHOUNG ,  Byounguk YOON ,  Jeeyoung OH ,  Seungwoo YOO ,  Jongsu LEE ,  Hoyoung LEE

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1624 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  H04M1/0237 ,  H04M1/0216

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing such that a relative position thereof with respect to the first housing is changeable, a display including a window layer and a display panel disposed under the window layer and including a deformation area deformed as the relative position between the first housing and the second housing is changed, a substrate layer which includes a pattern in which multiple protrusions repeat and is disposed above the window layer, and an adhesive layer which is disposed between the window layer and the substrate layer such that at least a part thereof is disposed between the protrusions of the substrate layer, and has a refractive index adjustment member mixed therein in order to reduce a refractive index difference with the substrate layer.

公开(公告)号：US20220312613A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17701064

申请日：2022-03-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jongsu LEE ,  Yoonhee LEE ,  Kiseok KWON ,  Sungho CHO

IPC: H05K5/04 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  C25D11/12 ,  C25D21/12

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that forms a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device and a display disposed in the housing and visually exposed through one side of the housing. The housing includes a first portion containing a metallic material, and the first portion includes a base material layer made of the metallic material, a first film layer that is disposed adjacent to a surface of the housing and that contains oxide of the metallic material, and a second film layer that is disposed between the base material layer and the first film layer and that contains oxide of the metallic material. The first film layer includes a first pore structure that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the first film layer, and the second film layer includes a second pore structure that is at least partially in fluid communication with the first pore structure and that extends in a radial shape toward the base material layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240251518A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18624451

申请日：2024-04-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngkyong JO ,  Seokki KIM ,  Bora LEE ,  Sangbong LEE ,  Jongsu LEE ,  Seongwoo CHOI

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H05K5/03 ,  H05K5/0226

Abstract: A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a foldable housing including multiple housings and at least one hinge configured to rotatably couple the multiple housings, the folding housing being folded around the hinge, and a flexible display disposed on the foldable housing so as to be folded according to a folding operation of the foldable housing, wherein the flexible display includes a panel layer configured to display image information, a glass layer positioned above the panel layer with reference to a direction in which the image information is displayed, the glass layer being folded when the flexible display is folded, a folding region positioned on a folding part of the glass layer, the folding region including multiple through-holes formed to penetrate the glass layer in the thickness direction and arranged regularly on a surface of the glass layer, and a rib, which is a region between the multiple through-holes adjacent to each other, a flexible polymer region including a transparent and elastic flexible polymer material positioned in the through-holes, and a hard coating layer positioned on upper surfaces of the glass layer and the flexible polymer region, the hard coating layer having a higher elastic modulus than the transparent and elastic flexible polymer material.

公开(公告)号：US20220219364A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17583438

申请日：2022-01-25

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kwangyoun LEE ,  Jongsu LEE ,  Wonjoong KANG ,  Changsu KIM

IPC: B29C45/37

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a cover plate of an electronic device, comprises: a first pattern formed in a first region of the cover plate; and a second pattern formed in a second region of the cover plate, wherein the first pattern has a first flat part and a first protrusion part protruding at a first height with respect to the first flat part, the first flat part and the first protrusion part being repeatedly arranged, the second pattern has a second flat part and a second protrusion part protruding at a second height with respect to the second flat part, the second flat part and the second protrusion part being repeatedly arranged, and the first flat part of the first pattern and the second flat part of the second pattern are continuously joined to each other at a portion at which the first pattern and the second pattern are connected.

公开(公告)号：US20210190684A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17251037

申请日：2019-05-29

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ,  3D INDUSTRIAL IMAGING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jaeseon KIM ,  Kyunyeon KIM ,  Hyungbum KIM ,  Jongsu LEE ,  Youngjin YI ,  Donghyeon HWANG

IPC: G01N21/57 ,  G01N21/27

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for measuring the surface of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a seating portion on which the electronic device is seated; a first light source for irradiating first light on the surface of the electronic device; a first camera for photographing the surface using the first light; a second light source for irradiating second light on the surface of the electronic device; a second camera for photographing the surface using the second light; and an analyzer electronically connected to the first light source, the first camera, the second light source, and the second camera, wherein the analyzer is setup to analyze the color of the surface acquired using the first light source and the first camera; and the gloss of the surface acquired using the second light source and the second camera, so as to analyze the color and gloss of the surface of the electronic device using quantified and digitized data, thereby enabling quality inspection of the surface of the electronic device without deviation. Various other embodiments are possible.