US 12,072,743 B2
Electronic device including hinge structure
Hyoksoo Kwon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Seog Bang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,741.
Application 17/847,741 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/003814, filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0054063 (KR), filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342457 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing comprising a cover facing the first housing, the cover comprising a hinge engaging portion, the hinge engaging portion comprising a hinge protrusion; and
a hinge structure hingedly coupling the first housing and the second housing, the second housing being rotatable relative to the first housing, the second housing being transitionable between a closing position and an opening position, the closing position at which the first housing and the second housing define a first angle, the opening position being at which the first housing and the second housing define a second angle, an intermediate position at which the first housing and the second housing define a third angle that is between the first angle and the second angle;
the hinge structure comprises a first base and a second base, the first base facing the hinge engaging portion and the second base connected to the first base, the second base comprising:
a first contact surface configured to contact the hinge protrusion while the second housing is transitioning between the closing position and the intermediate position; and
a second contact surface configured to contact the hinge protrusion while the second housing is transitioning between the intermediate position and the opening position.