US 12,339,703 B2
Electronic device including hinge structure
Taejeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byounggyu Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunsuk Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Jongkeun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jusung Maeng, Suwon-si (KR); Garam Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kyunghwan Song, Suwon-si (KR); and Kidoc Son, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,425.
Application 18/306,425 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/005150, filed on Apr. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0089441 (KR), filed on Jul. 20, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0117435 (KR), filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031461 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1618 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the second housing to the first housing;
a flexible display; and
a detent member including a first detent member disposed in the first housing and a second detent member disposed in the second housing,
wherein the hinge structure includes,
a first rotating member coupled to the first housing, rotatable about a first rotational axis, and including a first through hole configured to receive at least a portion of the first detent member;
a second rotating member coupled to the second housing, rotatable about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis, and including a second through hole configured to receive at least a portion of the second detent member;
a first pin member slidably connected to the first detent member; and
a second pin member slidably connected to the second detent member, and
wherein the first detent member includes a first detent slot configured to receive at least a portion of the first pin member and configured to provide an elastic force to the first pin member, and
the second detent member includes a second detent slot configured to receive at least a portion of the second pin member and configured to provide an elastic force to the second pin member.