US 12,422,899 B2
Electronic device including hinge module
Minhong Do, Suwon-si (KR); Yongwoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Eunsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jaebum Bae, Suwon-si (KR); and Yonglak Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,716.
Application 18/470,716 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/014240, filed on Sep. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0119227 (KR), filed on Sep. 21, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0131828 (KR), filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094784 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to rotate relative to the first housing; and
a hinge module rotatably coupling the first housing and the second housing and received in the housing,
wherein the hinge module includes:
a hinge housing including a receiving space,
a spring positioned in the receiving space of the hinge housing,
a supporting member including an inclined portion coupled to one end of the spring, and
a cam coupled to another end of the spring and configured to transfer force to the spring, and
wherein the supporting member is coupled to the one end of the spring such that a position where the one end of the spring is seated on the inclined portion of the supporting member is varied depending on a degree of rotation of the supporting member.