US 12,455,667 B2
Electronic device including magnet array
Gyuyeong Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Sangil Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Minwoo Yoo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/787,179.
Application 18/787,179 is a continuation of application No. 17/990,233, filed on Nov. 18, 2022, granted, now 12,050,754.
Application 17/990,233 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/018333, filed on Nov. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0159411 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0166903 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0385721 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/046 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a foldable housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion;
a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing;
a flexible display accommodated in the first housing portion and the second housing portion;
at least one first magnetic member disposed fixed at a first position in the first housing and spaced apart from the hinge structure; and
at least one second magnetic member fixed at a second position in the second housing and spaced apart from the hinge structure,
wherein the at least one first magnetic member and the at least one second magnetic member each includes at least one vertical magnetic component forming a first magnetic field perpendicular to the flexible display and at least one horizontal magnetic component forming a second magnetic field parallel to the flexible display,
wherein the at least one vertical magnetic component is longer than the at least one horizontal magnetic component,
wherein the at least one vertical magnetic component is 2A % longer than the at least one horizontal magnetic component in a first direction in which the at least one vertical magnetic component and the at least one horizontal magnetic component are arranged, and
wherein A is greater than 0 and less than 15.