US 12,405,645 B2
Hinge structure with air vent and electronic device having the same
Haein Chung, Suwon-si (KR); Hansang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kunwoo Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Giyeon Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghyun Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Chihwan Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Hui Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); and Myoungjun Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,003.
Application 18/318,003 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/021072, filed on Dec. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0189826 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0044982 (KR), filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280804 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing comprising a first surface at a front side of the electronic device, a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and at a rear side of the electronic device, an inner space in communication with an outside of the first housing, an intake opening connected to the inner space and through which air flows to the inner space from the outside of the first housing, and an exhaust opening connected to the inner space and through which air flows from the inner space to the outside of the first housing;
a second housing comprising a third surface at the front side of the electronic device, and a fourth surface which is opposite to the third surface and at the rear side of the electronic device;
a display visually exposed at the third surface;
a fan which is in the inner space of the first housing; and
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other, about a rotation axis, the hinge structure comprising:
a vent member which rotates about the rotation axis, together with rotation of the first housing relative to the second housing, and
the vent member comprising:
a first vent portion which guides first air flow between the intake opening and an outside of the electronic device, together with operation of the fan, and
a second vent portion which guides second air flow between the exhaust opening and the outside of the electronic device, together with the operation of the fan,
wherein
the first surface and the third surface which face each other define a first angle between the first housing and the second housing,
the first surface and the third surface which are disposed at a maximum rotational distance from each other define a second angle between the first housing and the second housing, and
the first surface and the third surface which define a third angle between the first angle and the second angle, rotates the vent member to dispose the first vent portion guiding the first air flow in a direction relative to the front side of the electronic device, together with the second vent portion guiding the second air flow in a different direction from that of the first vent portion, relative to the front side of the electronic device.