公开(公告)号：US12160961B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17713506

申请日：2022-04-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hoyeon Kim ,  Seongjun Kim ,  Kwanghee Ryu ,  Jungchul An ,  Youngjae Kwon

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including a hinge module, a first and second housing foldable about the hinge module, and a display spanning the housings. The display includes at least one polymer member, a flexible plate including a flexible portion that is bendable connecting first and second planar portions thereof. The flexible portion includes a plurality of support pieces spaced apart from each other via a plurality of slits, and a plurality of Velcro patterns extending lengthwise from the plurality of support pieces. The Velcro patterns of adjacent support pieces are disposed so as to be engaged with one another in a lattice form.

公开(公告)号：US12192394B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17994180

申请日：2022-11-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kihun Eom ,  Kihoon Kang ,  Taekeun Kim ,  Kwanghee Ryu ,  Kihong Min ,  Sunghun Shin

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G09F9/30 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: A housing of an electronic device according to an embodiment may include a combination of at least two housings, and the entire size or length of the electronic device may change according to relative movement between the housings. The electronic device may comprise: a flexible display configured to expand or contract according to a change in size of the electronic device. A portion of the flexible display may be inserted into the housing when the housing contracts and may be drawn out of the housing when the housing expands. The electronic device may comprise a distance sensor and/or an expansion sensor. The distance sensor is configured to measure a change in a relative distance of the housing, and the expansion sensor senses a contraction or expansion state of the housing, thereby contributing to correcting data measured by the distance sensor. The electronic device employing the distance sensor and/or the expansion sensor can accurately sense the size of an externally visible portion of a display and can display a screen appropriate to the size of the visible portion of the display.

公开(公告)号：US11977419B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17837388

申请日：2022-06-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngjae Kim ,  Woosung Chun ,  Changkwan Yang ,  Kwanghee Ryu ,  Hyunju Hong

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1677 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1698

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including: a first housing, a second housing, a folding housing that pivotably connects the first housing and second housing, a flexible display spanning the first, second and folding housings, a printed circuit board (PCB), a first camera module at least partly visible through a surface of the second housing, a first magnet disposed in the first housing, a second magnet disposed in the second housing, and a hall sensor disposed on the PCB, the hall sensor configured to detect magnetic flux caused by motion of the first and/or second magnet in folding and unfolding of the electronic device so as facilitate determination of a configuration state of the electronic device.