US 11,839,099 B2
Foldable electronic device including bezel sag preventing structure
Jonghwan Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Daeyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chijoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyosang An, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunggeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,204.
Application 17/942,204 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,210, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,444,260.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0018606 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006171 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/84 (2023.02) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a hinge;
a foldable display;
a first housing associated with the hinge and including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
a second housing associated with the hinge and including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, wherein the electronic device is configured to be folded using the hinge for the first surface and the third surface to face each other;
side members, wherein each of the side members comprises an outer side surface to form a portion of a side surface of the electronic device; and
bezels, wherein each of the bezels is disposed along a portion of an edge of the foldable display and is connected with the respective side member;
wherein the each of bezels comprises an extension portion and a sponge, wherein the extension portion, the sponge and a portion of the edge of the foldable display are overlapped, in a view from outside of the electronic device to the first surface and/or the third surface,
wherein the sponge is configured to prevent the extension portion of the bezels from coming into contact with a surface of the display due to sagging of the bezels,
wherein the electronic device is configured so that at least two layers of the foldable display differentially slip toward a respective bezel and/or side member in a space which is provided between at least a portion of a side surface of the foldable display and the respective bezel so that in a folded state of the electronic device the side members are spaced apart from respective side surfaces of the at least two layers of the display by different distances caused by difference in slip amounts among the at least two layers of the display, and
wherein, the electronic device is configured so that when the electronic device is folded, the portion of the edge of the foldable display overlapped with the bezel is increased due to the slip of the foldable display, in a view from the outside of the electronic device to the first surface and/or the third surface.