US 11,966,259 B2
Electronic device including foldable display
Gidae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jongyoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Moohyun Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Chungkeun Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Youngsik Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Minsung Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,592.
Application 17/660,592 is a continuation of application No. 16/428,637, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 11,314,284.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0063602 (KR), filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244761 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing including:
a hinge cover,
a first bracket, and
a second bracket configured to face the first bracket in a fully folded state;
a hinge accommodated in the housing, the hinge including:
a first hinge plate coupled with the first bracket and including a first opening formed therethrough, and
a second hinge plate coupled with the second bracket and including a second opening formed therethrough;
a flexible display accommodated in the housing, the flexible display including:
a first display portion disposed over the first bracket and the first hinge plate, and
a second display portion disposed over the second bracket and the second hinge plate; and
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) accommodated in the housing such that a first region of the FPCB is exposed through the first opening, a second region of the FPCB is exposed through the second opening, and a third region of the FPCB between the first region and the second region is disposed in the hinge cover as bended, the FPCB including a metal plate covering a portion of a rear surface of the first region such that, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the flexible display, the metal plate is overlapped with a portion of a lateral periphery of the hinge cover when the housing is folded or unfolded.