US 12,341,917 B2
Foldable electronic device comprising elastic means
Youngmin Moon, Suwon-si (KR); Sangung An, 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 Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,618.
Application 18/110,618 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010540, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0114516 (KR), filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208948 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/05 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/022 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a first hinge module;
a first pressing part at least partially connected to the first hinge module;
a first support member at least partially connected to the first hinge module;
a first housing at least partially connected to the first hinge module;
a second hinge module;
a second pressing part at least partially connected to the second hinge module;
a second support member at least partially connected to the second hinge module;
a second housing at least partially connected to the second hinge module;
a flexible display disposed on the first support member and the second support member;
a hinge cover covering the first hinge module and the second hinge module; and
an elastic member provided in a gap formed between at least a portion of the flexible display and the hinge cover,
wherein, in a first case that the first housing and the second housing are in a substantially parallel unfolded state,
the first pressing part and the second pressing part press a first side and a second side of the elastic member, and
an upper portion of the elastic member supports at least a portion of the flexible display.