Title:
ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING HINGE ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/286982
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a display including a first area, a second area, and a folding area between the first area and the second area; a first housing for supporting the first area; a second housing for supporting the second area; and a hinge assembly which connects the first housing and the second housing, and which operates between a folded state in which the first area and the second area face each other and an unfolded state in which the first area and the second area do not face each other, wherein the hinge assembly comprises: a hinge bracket having a pair of fixed cams and a pair of first rail structures defining a pair of hinge axes; and a pair of hinge structures rotatably connected, respectively, to the pair of first rail structures, each of the pair of hinge structures comprises: a first hinge member having one side connected to the first housing or the second housing and the other side connected to be rotatable around the hinge axis along the first rail structure; a second hinge member which is connected to the first hinge member so as to rotate integrally with the first hinge member around the hinge axis, and which has one side on which a rotating cam linked with the fixed cam is formed; and an elastic member for providing an elastic force to the second hinge member in the direction in which the rotating cam is pressed toward the fixed cam, the second hinge member being capable of pivoting, with respect to the first hinge member, around a pivot axis perpendicular to the hinge axis.
Inventors:
KIM JONGKEUN (KR)
LEE GIYUN (KR)
LEE GIYUN (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2022/005685
Publication Date:
January 19, 2023
Filing Date:
April 21, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
G06F1/16; F16C11/04
Foreign References:
| KR20200126524A | 2020-11-09 | |||
| KR20210066784A | 2021-06-07 | |||
| KR20200005148A | 2020-01-15 | |||
| US20190278338A1 | 2019-09-12 | |||
| KR102257326B1 | 2021-05-31 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MUHANN PATENT & LAW FIRM (KR)
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