US 12,500,967 B2
Electronic device including display support structure
Daehyeong Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehee Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jongyoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Minsung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Uyhyeon Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Iksu Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghwa Han, Suwon-si (KR); Kyunghoon Hyun, Suwon-si (KR); and Seunghyun Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,847.
Application 17/817,847 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/010120, filed on Jul. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103956 (KR), filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044990 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F16C 11/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/022 (2013.01) [F16C 11/045 (2013.01); F16C 11/12 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
at least one hinge device configured to foldably couple the first housing and the second housing with respect to a folding axis and including:
a rotation bracket link;
a first rotation bracket rotatably coupled to the rotation bracket link with respect to the folding axis and connected to the first housing;
a second rotation bracket rotatably coupled to the rotation bracket link with respect to the folding axis and connected to the second housing;
a first arm coupled to the first rotation bracket and rotatably disposed based on a first rotation axis of a first shaft disposed parallel to the folding axis at a first side of the folding axis, the first arm comprising a first body and at least one first cam structure extended from the first body;
a second arm coupled to the second rotation bracket and rotatably disposed based on a second rotation axis of a second shaft disposed parallel to the folding axis at a second side of the folding axis, the second arm comprising a second body and at least one second cam structure extended from the second body; and
at least one hinge cam disposed to be cam-coupled to the at least one first cam structure and the at least one second cam structure in a manner in which the first shaft and the second shaft are inserted through the at least one hinge cam;
a flexible display disposed to receive support from the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge device;
a first plate disposed to at least partially overlap the first arm and coupled to the first housing under the flexible display; and
a second plate disposed to at least partially overlap the second arm and coupled to the second housing under the flexible display,
wherein the first body, the at least one first cam structure, the second body, the at least one second cam structure and the at least one hinge cam each have a flat area for respectively contacting the first plate and the second plate when the electronic device is in an unfolded state.