US 12,328,405 B2
Electronic device with metal frame antenna
Jaehyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jinkyu Bang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jinu Kim, Seoul (KR); Donghwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Taegyu Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Kiyoung Chang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/406,754.
Application 18/406,754 is a continuation of application No. 17/960,486, filed on Oct. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,870,923.
Application 17/960,486 is a continuation of application No. 17/393,016, filed on Aug. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,477,310, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 17/393,016 is a continuation of application No. 17/073,766, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,115,509, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 17/073,766 is a continuation of application No. 16/126,534, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,812,636, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 16/126,534 is a continuation of application No. 15/351,161, filed on Nov. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,075,569, issued on Sep. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0159787 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146830 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0218 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01); H04M 1/0235 (2013.01); H04M 1/0269 (2022.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit;
a flexible display; and
a foldable housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion foldable with respect to each other,
wherein the first housing portion includes, as at least part of a first external side thereof, a first metal portion, a second metal portion, and a first non-metal portion disposed between the first metal portion and the second metal portion,
wherein the second housing portion includes, as at least part of a second external side thereof, a third metal portion, a fourth metal portion, and a second non-metal portion disposed between the third and fourth metal portions,
wherein the first metal portion is electrically connected with the communication circuit and configured to operate as an antenna radiator, and
wherein, when the foldable housing is folded such that the first housing portion and the second housing portion face each other, the first non-metal portion and the second non-metal portion are aligned with each other.