US 12,468,347 B2
Electronic device including structure against foreign substances
Changryong Heo, Suwon-si (KR); Valeriy Prushinskiy, Suwon-si (KR); Minuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junghyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Hoondo Heo, Suwon-si (KR); and Suk Hyun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/834,449.
Application 17/834,449 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/015936, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0163761 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0300042 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a display disposed on the first housing and the second housing;
a plurality of hinge structures configured to support a hinge operation, the plurality of hinge structures including a first hinge structure, a second hinge structure and a third hinge structure, wherein the plurality of hinge structures are disposed along a folding axis extending between the first housing and the second housing, and where the first hinge structure is disposed adjacent a first end of the first housing and the second housing, the second hinge structure is disposed on a second end of the first housing and the second housing and the third hinge structure is disposed between the first hinge structure and the second hinge structure;
a hinge housing in which at least a portion of the plurality of hinge structures are seated, wherein the hinge housing covers the plurality of hinge structures;
a cavity structure including at least one cavity disposed in at least a partial area of at least one of the hinge housing, the first housing, or the second housing, and
at least one sealing member, wherein the at least one sealing member is configured to cover at least a portion of at least one of the at least one cavity,
wherein the cavity structure includes:
a first cavity structure including a first cavity disposed within the hinge housing to be proximate one side of the hinge housing and configured to prevent flow or diffusion of introduced foreign matter; and
a second cavity structure including a second cavity disposed within the hinge housing to be proximate an other side of the hinge housing and located to be spaced apart from the first cavity structure by a predetermined gap, the second cavity structure being configured to prevent flow or diffusion of introduced foreign matter.