US 12,449,853 B2
Electronic device with opening structure
Sinyoung Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Doosun Yoon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Inyoul Baek, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,854.
Application 17/840,854 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/002085, filed on Feb. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0050893 (KR), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337684 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure that are rotatably connected to each other by a hinge structure;
a flexible display including a first area facing the first housing structure, a second area facing the second housing structure, and a third area connecting the first area and the second area; and
a first plate disposed between the housing and the flexible display and configured to support the flexible display,
wherein the first plate includes a first planar portion facing the first area, a second planar portion facing the second area, and a bendable portion that connects the first planar portion and the second planar portion,
wherein the first plate further includes at least one opening structure formed at a designated position on at least one of a plurality of edges of the first planar portion and/or at least one of a plurality of outer edges of the second planar portion,
wherein each of the at least one opening structure is formed on only one of the plurality of edges of the first planar portion and/or the second planar portion, and
wherein each of the at least one opening structure is formed in a pattern in which polygonal-shaped openings are repeatedly arranged and is configured to deform,
wherein the at least one opening structure extends inward from at least one of the plurality of outer edges,
wherein a length of the at least one opening structure extending inward from at least one of the plurality of outer edges is less than or equal to a width of an adhesive member that is disposed along at least a portion of the plurality of outer edges of the first plate to attach the first plate to the housing.