US 12,072,742 B2
Electronic device including sealing member
Jongkeun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sunggun Cho, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Wonhee Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jaehee Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hwamok Pak, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Minyee An, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,672.
Application 17/571,672 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000290, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0011415 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0236774 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 7/1417 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a hinge module;
a first housing to which a first side of the hinge module and at least a portion of a first support plate are coupled, the first housing including a first rear cover, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface;
a second housing to which a second side of the hinge module and at least a portion of a second support plate are coupled, the second housing including a second rear cover, a fourth side surface, a fifth side surface, and a sixth side surface, wherein the second housing is foldably coupled with the first housing about a folding axis defined by the hinge module;
a flexible display spanning at least a portion of the first housing and the second housing;
a first sealing member surrounding a periphery of the flexible display and making contact with an inner surface of the first housing and an inner surface of the second housing, and disposed between the first rear cover and the flexible display, between the hinge module and the flexible display, and between the second rear cover and the flexible display; and
an elastic support member disposed between a portion of the flexible display, a portion of the inner surface of the first housing, and a portion of the inner surface of the second housing, within a folding area in which the first housing and the second housing are folded or unfolded.