US 11,924,987 B2
Electronic device including hinge structure
Giyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Chungkeun Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Jongkeun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,367.
Application 17/559,367 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/018437, filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0000859 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217859 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); E05D 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05D 3/18 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing;
a display configured to extend from the first housing to the second housing; and
a hinge structure configured to rotatably connect the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the hinge structure comprises:
a fixed member,
a first rotary member coupled to the fixed member so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and connected with the first housing, the first axis of rotation being configured to extend parallel to an axial direction,
a second rotary member coupled to the fixed member so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction and connected with the second housing,
a first guide member coupled to the first rotary member so as to be rotatable about a third axis of rotation parallel to the first axis of rotation,
a second guide member coupled to the second rotary member so as to be rotatable about a fourth axis of rotation parallel to the second axis of rotation,
a first rotary plate at least partially coupled to the first guide member to rotate about the third axis of rotation together with the first guide member and configured to support a partial area of the display, and
a second rotary plate at least partially coupled to the second guide member to rotate about the fourth axis of rotation together with the second guide member and configured to support another partial area of the display,
wherein the hinge structure is configured such that when the first housing or the second housing is folded or unfolded,
wherein the first rotary member rotates about the first axis of rotation in a first rotational direction,
wherein the first guide member and the first rotary plate rotate about the third axis of rotation in the first rotational direction,
wherein the second rotary member rotates about the second axis of rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, and
wherein the second guide member and the second rotary plate rotate about the fourth axis of rotation in the second rotational direction.