US 11,877,406 B2
Electronic device including display
Dooryong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yunsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jaemyung Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Jingook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghee Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Sinyoung Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,171.
Application 18/178,171 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,989, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,602,058, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0052458 (KR), filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209733 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/185 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge structure with which the first housing and the second housing are rotatably connected to be folded or unfolded relative to each other;
a flexible display including:
a first area at least partially disposed in the first housing,
a second area at least partially disposed in the second housing, and
a bending area defined between the first area and the second area and configured to be deformed in response to folding or unfolding of the first housing and the second housing being folded or unfolded;
a hinge housing disposed between the first housing and the second housing and accommodating at least a portion of the hinge structure,
the hinge housing including a coupling protrusion formed on a sidewall of the hinge housing defining at least one end portion of the hinge housing
in a length direction thereof, the coupling protrusion including a first portion protruding from the sidewall in a first direction substantially parallel to the sidewall and a second portion protruding from the first portion in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
a cushioning member coupled to the coupling protrusion such that at least one portion of the cushioning member is visually exposed between the first housing and the second housing.