US 12,259,762 B2
Hinge structure and foldable electronic device including the same
Taejeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jusung Maeng, Suwon-si (KR); Jongkeun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chungkeun Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Jongchan Seok, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunsuk Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,943.
Application 18/082,943 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/019960, filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0038928 (KR), filed on Mar. 29, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0064915 (KR), filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315162 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [F16C 11/045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge structure foldably coupled between the first housing and the second housing; and
a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the hinge structure comprises:
a bracket,
a rotator rotatably connected to the bracket and including an interlocking hole, and
a cam having an interlocking protrusion provided at an end of the cam and fitted into the interlocking hole to be assembled to the rotator, and
wherein the interlocking protrusion comprises:
a protrusion shaft integrally protruding from the cam and extending in a first direction, and
an anti-escape portion integrally extending from an end of the protrusion shaft in a second direction and a third direction opposite to the second direction, the second direction and the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction.