US 12,439,540 B2
Electronic device including display support structure
Jihoon Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghwan Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Wonyoung Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Halim Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Chijoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,757.
Application 17/886,757 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011008, filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0104432 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0178869 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262914 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/06 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/06 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing which is foldably coupled to the first housing through a hinge device;
a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing, the flexible display comprising a folding area which is foldable;
at least one waterproof member disposed between the first housing and the flexible display and/or between the second housing and the flexible display;
at least one support structure disposed between the first housing and the flexible display and/or between the second housing and the flexible display, non-overlapping the at least one waterproof member when the flexible display is viewed from above;
the at least one waterproof member and the at least one support structure disposed side by side between the first housing and the flexible display or between the second housing and the flexible display,
wherein the at least one support structure comprises:
a first part disposed to have a first height, the first part which has the first height is non-overlapping the at least one waterproof member and the folding area when the flexible display is viewed from above,
a second part disposed to have a second height which is larger than the first height and substantially equal to a height of the at least one waterproof member, a portion of the second part which has the second height is overlapping the folding area when the flexible display is viewed from above, and
a stepped structure provided through a height difference between the first part and the second part,
wherein the stepped structure provides a space between the flexible display and the first part of the at least one support structure.