US 12,069,838 B2
Electronic device
Juhee Han, Suwon-si (KR); Jungchul An, Suwon-si (KR); and Sunmin Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,444.
Application 17/858,444 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/001542, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0013871 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338380 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20472 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H05K 7/205 (2013.01); H05K 7/20963 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display comprising a first area and a second area;
a first housing forming a first space positioned on a rear surface of the first area;
a second housing forming a second space positioned on a rear surface of the second area;
a hinge assembly configured to cause the first area and the second area to be in one of a first state or a second state, the first state comprising the first area and the second area forming substantially a same plane, the second state comprising the first area and the second area facing each other; and
a plurality of front heat conduction members forming a heat conduction path between the hinge assembly and the display,
wherein the hinge assembly comprises:
a hinge plate set comprising a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate,
the first hinge plate being connected to the first housing and the second hinge plate being connected to the second housing,
a hinge rotatably connecting the first hinge plate to the second hinge plate about a folding axis,
a hinge housing to which the hinge is fixed, the hinge housing connecting the hinge plate set, and
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), at least a portion of the FPCB being arranged between the hinge plate set and the hinge housing and both ends of the FPCB extending to the first space and the second space, and
wherein the plurality of front heat conduction members are arranged on a surface of the hinge plate set to face the display.