US 12,379,748 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Sangbong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hoyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Soonwoo Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Yongyi Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jaesik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kyuyoung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jongsu Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Juha Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,517.
Application 17/831,517 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/007645, filed on May 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0084042 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413556 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing foldably connected to the first housing through at least a hinge; and
a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, the flexible display comprising:
a window layer comprising a glass layer, the glass layer having a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface; and
a display panel corresponding to the second surface under the window layer, wherein the glass layer comprises:
a plurality of first patterns on the first surface, a surface of the plurality of first patterns being lower than the first surface; and
a plurality of second patterns on the second surface, a surface of the plurality of second patterns being lower than the second surface, and
wherein a first etching amount per unit area of the plurality of first patterns and a second etching amount per the unit area of the plurality of second patterns are different, and
wherein the plurality of first patterns and the plurality of second patterns are disposed in a manner in which a first virtual line passing through a center of each of the plurality of first patterns does not coincide with a second virtual line passing through a center of each of the plurality of second patterns.