US 12,248,342 B2
Speaker module and electronic device, including the same
Jihoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hanbom Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Byunggun Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,817.
Application 17/888,817 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/012139, filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0108362 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057510 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1688 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/035 (2013.01); G06F 1/1615 (2013.01); H04R 1/2857 (2013.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing configured to be unfolded by a specified angle with respect to the first housing and rotate about a folding axis;
at least one hinge structure, including a hinge, configured for providing the folding axis and disposed between at least the first housing and the second housing to rotatably connect the first housing and the second housing;
a hinge cover accommodating at least a portion of the hinge structure therein and configured to be selectively exposed based on the rotation of the second housing; and
a first speaker module including a speaker accommodated in the first housing,
wherein in a first state where the first housing and the second housing are unfolded by less than a reference angle with respect to the folding axis, the first speaker module is configured to discharge sound to an outside of the electronic device via a first area, a second area, and a first through-hole,
wherein the first area is provided in the first housing,
wherein the second area is provided inside the hinge cover and connected with the first area, and
wherein the first through-hole extends through the hinge cover, is configured to be exposed to the outside in the first state, and is configured to be selectively closed based on the rotation of the second housing.