US 12,328,404 B2
Electronic device including elastic member
Jongmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Yunsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Seungchul Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Suman Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Chijoon 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. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,956.
Application 18/541,956 is a continuation of application No. 17/503,896, filed on Oct. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,889,008.
Application 17/503,896 is a continuation of application No. 16/838,487, filed on Apr. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,153,421, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0052095 (KR), filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129388 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/0277 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing structure;
a second housing structure;
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate;
a hinge cover covering at least part of the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside; and
a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure and including a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in an internal space of the hinge cover,
wherein the hinge structure includes:
a first member attached to the first hinge plate, and
a second member attached to the second hinge plate, and
wherein the first member is disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the first hinge plate and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device, and
wherein the second member is disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the second hinge plate and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device.