US 12,108,550 B2
Electronic device including hinge module
Chanhee Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,858.
Application 17/701,858 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/002293, filed on Feb. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0021670 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264756 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge device configured to connect the first housing and the second housing to be foldable about a folding axis; and
a flexible display arranged to be supported by at least a part of the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge device,
wherein the hinge device includes:
a hinge housing including an accommodation portion;
at least one cam assembly arranged in the accommodation portion;
at least two coil spring members providing a pressing force to the at least one cam assembly in a direction parallel to the folding axis; and
at least one hinge plate configured to support the at least one cam assembly and having a longitudinal length parallel to the folding axis,
wherein a coiling direction for the at least two coil spring members provided in sequence along the direction parallel to the folding axis, are in opposite directions, thereby offsetting a magnetic field.