US 12,449,863 B2
Foldable electronic device
Sinyoung Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,387.
Application 18/486,387 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006643, filed on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0067057 (KR), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053803 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a hinge structure; and
a housing connected to the hinge structure,
wherein the hinge structure includes:
a shaft; and
an arm structure, comprising an arm, connected to the shaft and the housing such that the housing is rotatable,
wherein a guide hole configured to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rotational axis of the housing is formed in the housing,
wherein the arm structure includes a protrusion accommodated in the guide hole, and
wherein the protrusion is configured to slide within the guide hole based on rotation of the housing.