US 12,204,378 B2
Portable communication device including sealing member
Jungwon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Sunghun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yunsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jingook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chijoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyosung La, Suwon-si (KR); Suman Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seungwhee Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Junyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,143.
Application 18/531,143 is a continuation of application No. 18/168,179, filed on Feb. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,909,900.
Application 18/168,179 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,109, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,592,877, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Application 17/150,109 is a continuation of application No. 16/846,864, filed on Apr. 13, 2020, granted, now 10,928,860, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0064725 (KR), filed on May 31, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0087766 (KR), filed on Jul. 19, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0108733 (KR), filed on Sep. 3, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0002991 (KR), filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129400 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H04M 1/0218 (2013.01); H04M 1/0269 (2022.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device, comprising:
a housing including:
a first housing structure,
a second housing structure, and
a hinge cover;
a flexible display supported by the housing, the flexible display including:
a first display portion corresponding to the first housing structure, and
a second display portion corresponding to the second housing structure; and
a hinge structure connected with the first housing structure and the second housing structure,
wherein at least one of the first housing structure or the second housing structure are movable with respect to each other based on the hinge structure so as to change a state of the housing between a folded state and an unfolded state,
wherein, while the housing is in the folded state, at least a part of an outer surface of the hinge cover forms a part of an exterior of the housing,
wherein the first housing structure includes:
a first housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a first portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover,
a first cover portion covering a first part of the first housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover the first portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover, and
a first protrusion disposed at an end of the first housing portion,
wherein the second housing structure includes:
a second housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover a second portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover,
a second cover portion covering a first part of the second housing portion that, while the housing is in the unfolded state, is configured to cover the second portion of the outer surface of the hinge cover, and
a second protrusion disposed at an end of the second housing portion,
wherein, while the housing is in the folded state, the first protrusion is configured to protrude toward the outer surface of the hinge cover and be spaced apart from the outer surface of hinge cover,
wherein, while the housing is in the folded state, the second protrusion is configured to protrude toward the outer surface of the hinge cover and be spaced apart from the outer surface of hinge cover, and
wherein, while the housing is in the unfolded state, the hinge cover is enclosed within the housing by at least the first housing portion and the second housing portion.