US 11,903,149 B2
Electronic device including conductive member
Seunghui Sunwoo, Suwon-si (KR); Suyoun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Bae, Suwon-si (KR); and Daekyu Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/423,019
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/008648
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025471, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0095771 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0035415 (KR), filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346241 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0018 (2022.08) [H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a first housing; and
a second housing, the housing configured to be foldable about a folding axis,
wherein a side wall of the housing comprises:
a first side wall portion extending parallel to the folding axis,
a second side wall portion extending from a first end of the first side wall portion and perpendicular to the folding axis,
a third side wall portion extending from a second end of the first side wall portion and perpendicular to the folding axis, and
a fourth side wall portion extending between the second side wall portion and the third side wall portion and parallel to the folding axis, and
wherein the housing further comprises:
a conductive member defining the first side wall portion, the second side wall portion, the third side wall portion, and the fourth side wall portion;
a protection member located along the conductive member defining the first side wall portion, the second side wall portion, the third side wall portion, and the fourth side wall portion;
a conductive layer located on a portion of an inner surface of the protection member along the first side wall portion and electrically connected to the conductive member, wherein the conductive layer constitutes an electrical path that allows electrical stimulation applied from an outside of the portable communication device to be transmitted to the conductive member via the conductive layer;
a flexible display accommodated in the first housing and the second housing in a state of being spaced apart from a portion of the conductive layer by a first distance, wherein the flexible display comprises a first portion on which a screen is displayed, a second portion located between the first portion and the housing and parallel to the first portion, and a bent portion extending between the first portion and the second portion and located adjacent to the conductive layer along the first side wall portion, and at least one wiring line electrically connected to a display driving circuit is located in the bent portion; and
an insulative member located on the portion of the conductive layer to face the flexible display and spaced apart from the flexible display by a second distance less than the first distance.