Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device with a foldable display and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US15493082Application Date: 2017-04-20
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Publication No.: US10331176B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Sang-Hoon Kim , Bo-A Kim , Sang-Il Park , Heon-Jung Shin , Hyun-Joon Oh , Hye-Jin Oh , Jeoung-Sub Lee , Min-Hoon Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yongin-si
- Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yongin-si
- Agency: H.C. Park & Associates, PLC
- Priority: KR10-2016-0110628 20160830
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract:
An electronic device includes a foldable display device, a supporting member, and a housing. The foldable display device includes at least one folding area and a plurality of non-folding areas. The supporting member is disposed in the non-folding areas to support the foldable display device. The housing includes a body part that contains the foldable display device and the supporting member, and a hinge member that folds or unfolds sections of the body part, the body part supporting the supporting member for movement relative to the housing. A folding axis defined in the folding area by the location of the hinge member is changeable in response to movement of the supporting member in the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059736A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FOLDABLE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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