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US 9,557,771 B2Granted
Electronic device including flexible display
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJihoon Park, Jonghae Kim, Chungkeun Yoo, Youngsun Park
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided including: a flexible display; a first housing member; a second housing member; a hinge module coupled to the first housing member and the second housing member; and a support body disposed between the flexible display and the first and second housing members, wherein the second housing member is adapted to pivot about the hinge module relative to the first housing member.
Claims6
An electronic device comprising:
- a flexible display;
- a first housing member;
- a second housing member;
- a hinge module coupled to the first housing member and the second housing member;
- and
- a support body disposed between the flexible display and the first and second housing members,
- wherein the second housing member that pivots about the hinge module relative to the first housing member;
- wherein the support body forms a substantially flat surface that provides support to the flexible display when the electronic device is unfolded,
- wherein the support body comprises:
- a support frame coupled to the hinge module;
- a first support member coupled to the support frame via a pin-joint coupling part;
- a second support member coupled to the first support member;
- and
- a third support member coupled to the second support member, and
- wherein the third support member comprises an inner boss and an outer boss, the inner and outer boss extending in a lateral direction from the third support member, and the first housing member comprises a guide section that is arranged to guide the inner boss away from the flexible display.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a flexible display;
- a first housing member;
- a second housing member;
- a hinge module coupled to the first housing member and the second housing member;
- and
- a support body disposed between the flexible display and the first and second housing members,
- wherein the second housing member that pivots about the hinge module relative to the first housing member;
- wherein the support body forms a substantially flat surface that provides support to the flexible display when the electronic device is unfolded;
- wherein the support body comprises:
- a support frame coupled to the hinge module;
- a first support member coupled to the support frame via a pin-joint coupling part;
- a second support member coupled to the first support member;
- and
- a third support member coupled to the second support member;
- and
- wherein the support frame includes a stopper formed at one end of the support frame that restricts a rotation of the first support member about the pin-joint coupling part,
- the hinge module further comprises a first hinge member and a second hinge member,
- the first hinge member includes a first rotating body and a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft having a first rotating gear disposed thereon,
- the second hinge member includes a second rotating body and a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft having a second rotating gear disposed thereon that is engaged with the first rotating gear,
- the first rotating body includes a first rotating protrusion that is mated with a first slide recess formed in the support frame, and
- the second rotating body includes a second rotating protrusion that is mated with a second slide recess formed in the support frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.