ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ELASTIC MEMBER
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240129388A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18541956

    申请日:2023-12-15

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure, a second housing structure, a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate, a hinge cover covering at least part of the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside, and a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure and including a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in the internal space of the hinge cover, wherein the hinge structure includes a first member attached to the first hinge plate, and a second member attached to the second hinge plate, and wherein the first member and the second member are disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the hinge structure and the printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device.

    HINGE MODULE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210373614A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17399189

    申请日:2021-08-11

    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.

    PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SEALING MEMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20210132664A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US17150109

    申请日:2021-01-15

    Abstract: A portable communication device or electronic device is provided. The communication device includes a housing including a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a hinge cover positioned between at least a portion of the first housing structure and at least a portion of the second housing structure, a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and including a first portion corresponding to the first housing structure, a second portion corresponding to the second housing structure, and a third portion corresponding to the hinge cover, a hinge structure positioned between the third portion of the flexible display and the hinge cover and connected with the first housing structure and the second housing structure, and at least one sealing member positioned between the third portion of the flexible display and the hinge cover and contacting the hinge cover.

    HINGE MODULE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200264673A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16792424

    申请日:2020-02-17

    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.

    FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20240329697A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18736898

    申请日:2024-06-07

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 G06F1/1641 G06F1/1652 H04M1/0268

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a hinge structure having a support portion located between the flexible printed circuit board and the flexible display, wherein, in an unfolded state, at least part of the support portion is disposed between the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate, a first bracket coupled to the first housing and rotating as the first housing rotates about a first rotation axis, and a second bracket coupled to the second housing and rotating as the second housing rotates about a second rotation axis, wherein, in the unfolded state of the electronic device, the support portion, the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate support at least one region of the flexible display in a state that the first hinge plate is at least partially supported by a first area of the support portion and the second hinge plate is at least partially supported by a second area of the support portion opposite to the first area, and wherein, in a folded state of the electronic device, the support portion is spaced apart from the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING WIRING MEMBER FIXING STRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20220129046A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17430575

    申请日:2019-12-23

    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a hinge structure which is arranged in an internal space of a hinge cover and includes a first hinge plate having a first opening and a second hinge plate having a second opening; a first housing connected to the first hinge plate; a second housing connected to the second hinge plate; a flexible display arranged to be supported by the first housing and the second housing; and a wiring member which electrically connects a first electrical structure of the first housing to a second electrical structure of the second housing through the internal space of the hinge cover, wherein the wiring member comprises: a bendable portion; a first fixing portion which is disposed on the first opening of the first hinge plate from the bendable portion so as to be exposable; a second fixing portion which is disposed on the second opening of the second hinge plate from the bendable portion so as to be exposable; at least one first reinforcing member which is fixed on the first fixing portion and is arranged to be supported by the first hinge plate between the first hinge plate and the first housing; and at least one second reinforcing member which is fixed on the second fixing portion and is arranged to be supported by the second hinge plate between the second hinge plate and the second housing.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ELASTIC MEMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20220038563A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17503896

    申请日:2021-10-18

    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.

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