US 12,232,350 B2
Electronic device including display side protection member
Jonghwan Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Namhyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jihoon Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Seokki Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chijoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Changyong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Wonho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Soonwan Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,734.
Application 17/749,734 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005153, filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0046705 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0098028 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0336772 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); C09K 3/10 (2006.01); H10K 50/842 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/8426 (2023.02) [C09K 3/1021 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); C09K 2200/065 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a foldable housing configured to be folded and unfolded;
a flexible display disposed in the foldable housing, the flexible display comprising a display panel configured to display image information and a cover window covering a first surface of the display panel on which image information is displayed and a protective layer covering an upper part of the cover window, the display panel having at least one portion configured to be bend according to folding and unfolding operations of the foldable housing; and
a seal in contact with a side part of the flexible display with reference to the first surface of the flexible display, a space between the cover window and the display panel, and a space between the protective layer and the cover window, wherein
the seal comprises a polymer material configured to be bent according to the bent operation in a state of being in contact with a side surface of the flexible display during the bending operation of the flexible display.