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US 12,317,418 B2Granted
Connecting assembly comprising flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWonho Lee, Hyunggwang Kang, Junhyuk Kim, Hyunsuk Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Joongyeon Cho, Nakhyun Choi, Myunghoon Kwak, Yangwook Kim, Soyoung Lee, Jookwan Lee
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Abstract
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a flexible printed circuit board configured to connect a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board and including a rigid area and a flexible area, and a guide at least partially coupled to the rigid area, and located inside the flexible printed circuit board.
Claims13
An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB);
- a second housing comprising a second PCB and configured to move in a first linear direction and a second linear direction opposite to the first linear direction with respect to the first housing;
- a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing and the second housing, wherein an area of a display screen of the flexible display is configured to be expanded or reduced by a linear movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing;
- a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) comprising:
- a first part connected to the first PCB;
- a second part connected to the second PCB;
- and
- a third part between at least the first part and the second part, and
- wherein the third part comprises a rigid area and a flexible area;
- and
- a guide at least partially coupled to the rigid area,
- wherein the FPCB is configured to change shape between a folded form in which the FPCB is folded inward and an unfolded form in which the FPCB is unfolded outward based on a linear position of the first housing relative to the second housing.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first housing comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB);
- a second housing comprising a second PCB and configured to move in a first linear direction and a second linear direction opposite to the first linear direction with respect to the first housing;
- a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, wherein an area of a display screen of the flexible display is configured to be expanded or reduced by a linear movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing;
- a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) comprising:
- a first part connected to the first PCB;
- a second part connected to the second PCB;
- and
- a third part between the first part and the second part, and
- wherein the third part comprises a rigid area and a flexible area;
- and
- a guide at least partially coupled to the rigid area,
- wherein the FPCB is configured to change shape between a folded form in which the FPCB is folded inward and an unfolded form in which the FPCB is unfolded outward,
- wherein the guide comprises a guide area configured to guide the flexible area and a connecting area configured to connect the guide area and an edge of the base, and wherein a flexibility of the connecting area is greater than a flexibility of the guide area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.