US 11,930,127 B2
Electronic device including waterproof structure
Gidae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Moohyun Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Minsung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jongchul Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,917.
Application 17/983,917 is a continuation of application No. 16/675,663, filed on Nov. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,528,349.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0141330 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071540 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [H05K 1/0393 (2013.01); H05K 3/361 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing including:
a first housing including a first inner conductive plate having an opening formed therein,
a second housing including a second inner conductive plate, and
a hinge connected between the first housing and the second housing such that the first and second housings are rotatable with respect to the hinge to allow the portable communication device to transition between a folded state and an unfolded state;
a flexible display disposed over the first inner conductive plate and the second inner conductive plate;
a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed at least partially under the first inner conductive plate;
a second PCB disposed at least partially under the second inner conductive plate;
a flexible PCB disposed at least partially overlapped with the hinge such that a first ending portion of the flexible PCB passes through the opening formed in the first inner conductive plate to be connected to the first PCB, and such that a second ending portion of the flexible PCB is connected to the second PCB; and
a cover member covering at least one portion of the opening, the cover member including an elastic member in contact with the flexible PCB, and a support member more rigid than the elastic member and in contact with the elastic member.