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US 12,581,797 B2Granted
Electronic device comprising transparent cover including glass and foldable display coupled thereto
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWooktae Kim, Ingi Kim, Wonho Lee
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Abstract
An example electronic device includes a transparent cover; and a flexible display coupled to the cover. The cover may include a first layer including glass; a second layer positioned between the first layer and the flexible display; and a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer includes a pattern overlapping a folding part of the flexible display and including a plurality of grooves formed in a bonding surface with the second layer, and has a hardness greater than that of the second layer.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- a transparent cover that comprises a first section, a second section, and a folding section between the first section and the second section;
- and
- a flexible display coupled to the transparent cover,
- wherein the transparent cover comprises:
- a first layer comprising glass;
- and included in the first, second, and folding sections,
- a second layer between the first layer and the flexible display and included in the first, second, and folding sections,
- a third layer between the first layer and the second layer and included in the first, second, and folding sections,
- a fourth layer between a portion of the third layer and a portion of the second layer at the first section and comprising glass, and
- a fifth layer between a portion of the third layer and a portion of the second layer at the second section and comprising glass,
- wherein the first layer has a same thickness in the first section, the second section, and the folding section,
- wherein the third layer comprises a pattern including a plurality of grooves formed on a bonding surface with the second layer at the folding section, and has a hardness greater than a hardness of the second layer, and
- wherein the pattern of the third layer is between the fourth layer and the fifth layer.
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