US 11,726,532 B2
Hinge module including detent structure and foldable electronic device including the hinge module
Jongyoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jungjin Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chungkeun Yoo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jongmin Kang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Suman Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Hyunggeun Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,247.
Application 17/752,247 is a continuation of application No. 17/459,270, filed on Aug. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,360,526.
Application 17/459,270 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,758, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,353,932.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0019560 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0062226 (KR), filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283612 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05D 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [E05D 7/00 (2013.01); E05D 11/1064 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04M 1/022 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/0013 (2013.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device, comprising:
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.