ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE MODULE
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Applicant
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor
Jeong WOO; Sungwook CHOI
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing; a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing and configured to be bendable with respect to a folding axis; a first lower layer disposed at a position corresponding to at least a portion of the first housing under the flexible display; a second lower layer that is disposed at a position corresponding to at least a portion of the second housing under the flexible display, and arranged to have a first gap with the first lower layer in a direction parallel to the folding axis; and a hinge module including: a support body; a first rotation member rotatably coupled to the support body at one end, connected to the first housing at the other end, and at least partially supporting the first lower layer; and a second rotation member rotatably coupled to the support body at one end, connected to the second housing at the other end, and at least partially supporting the second lower layer, wherein the first rotation member may include a first recess lower than a first upper surface of the first rotation member in a region overlapping at least a first edge of the first lower layer when the flexible display is viewed from above.
Original (Chinese)
An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing; a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing and configured to be bendable with respect to a folding axis; a first lower layer disposed at a position corresponding to at least a portion of the first housing under the flexible display; a second lower layer that is disposed at a position corresponding to at least a portion of the second housing under the flexible display, and arranged to have a first gap with the first lower layer in a direction parallel to the folding axis; and a hinge module including: a support body; a first rotation member rotatably coupled to the support body at one end, connected to the first housing at the other end, and at least partially supporting the first lower layer; and a second rotation member rotatably coupled to the support body at one end, connected to the second housing at the other end, and at least partially supporting the second lower layer, wherein the first rotation member may include a first recess lower than a first upper surface of the first rotation member in a region overlapping at least a first edge of the first lower layer when the flexible display is viewed from above.
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