US 12,079,038 B2
Electronic device including foldable housing
Jeonhoe Heo, Suwon-si (KR); and Jonghwan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,982.
Application 17/664,982 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006722, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0080031 (KR), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404871 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a hinge;
a first housing including a first side member configured to surround a first inner space disposed on a side of the hinge;
a second housing including a second side member configured to surround a second inner space disposed on an opposite side of the hinge from the side that the first side member is disposed; and
a display, at least a portion of which is folded, the display disposed in a space provided by the first housing and the second housing,
wherein at least one of the first side member and the second side member includes:
a plurality of conductive areas spaced apart from each other;
at least one non-conductive area disposed between the plurality of conductive areas to bond the plurality of conductive areas; and
at least one bridge member at least partially surrounded by the at least one non-conductive area and configured to connect at least two of the plurality of conductive areas,
wherein the at least one bridge member includes a first inside surface disposed to face a first direction away from the first inner space and the second inner space and configured to connect a first inner surface of one of the plurality of conductive areas with a second inner surface of another one of the plurality of conductive areas, and
wherein the first inner surface is configured to form a corner with a first outer surface of the one of the plurality of conductive areas and the second inner surface is configured to form a corner with a second outer surface of the other one of the plurality of conductive areas.