Patent classifications
G06F1/1658
Foldable electronic device including sliding structure and method for controlling the same
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a first housing structure; and a second housing structure hingedly connected to the first housing structure along a hinge axis, wherein a first surface of the first housing structure faces a first surface of the second housing structure in a folded configuration of the electronic device, and the first surface of the first housing structure and the first surface of the second housing structure are planar in an unfolded configuration of the electronic device; a first display disposed on the first surface of the first housing structure and the first surface of the second housing structure, and bendable about the hinge axis; and a sliding structure retractably disposed in the first housing structure, configured to protrude to the outside of the first housing structure in a direction substantially co-planar to the first surface of the first housing structure, the sliding structure comprising at least one optical input module facing a direction substantially orthogonal to the first surface.
Electronic device including flexible display
An electronic device comprises a first structure including a first plate providing a first surface and a second surface and a second structure coupled to surround at least a portion of the first structure and configured to guide the first structure in a direction parallel with the first surface or the second surface. The device also includes a roller mounted on an edge of the second structure and a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first surface and a second area extending from the first area. The device also includes at least one support sheet mounted on the roller and wound around the roller as the roller rotates. The support sheet is wound around the roller when the second area is received inside the second structure, and is unfolded inside the second area when the second area is exposed to the outside of the second structure.
Flexible circuit board and chip package including same
A flexible circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a first wiring pattern layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate; a second wiring pattern layer disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the substrate; a first dummy pattern part disposed on the second surface of the substrate on which the second wiring pattern layer is not disposed; a first protection layer disposed on the first wiring pattern layer; and a second protection layer disposed on the second wiring pattern layer and the first dummy pattern part, wherein at least a part of the first dummy pattern part overlaps with the first wiring pattern layer in a vertical direction.
Haptic actuator including outwardly extending terminals from first and second housing shells and related methods
A haptic actuator may include a housing that includes first and second shells coupled together. The first shell may include a first body and first terminals extending outwardly therefrom. The second shell may include a second body and second terminals extending outwardly therefrom with each of the second terminals being secured with a respective one of the first terminals defining pairs of first and second secured-together terminals. The haptic actuator may also include at least one coil carried by the housing and a field member movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A respective flexure may be between adjacent end portions of the housing and the field member.
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of first substrate pads and a plurality of second substrate pads, a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, and a display panel including a plurality of first display pads and a plurality of second display pads, where the plurality of first display pads is connected to the main circuit board through the flexible circuit board and each of the plurality of first display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of first substrate pads, respectively, and each of the plurality of second display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of second substrate pads, respectively.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MEMBER
An electronic device includes a housing, a first substrate disposed in an internal space of the housing, a conductive structure disposed at a location isolated from the first substrate, a second substrate electrically connected to the conductive structure and the first substrate, and an electrical connection member electrically connecting the second substrate to the conductive structure. The electrical connection member may include a first fixing portion fixed to the conductive structure, a second fixing portion fixed to the second substrate, and a connection portion connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The first fixing portion includes a first bent portion bent along a first bent line from a neck portion, that is, a boundary area with the connection portion, and a second bent portion bent along a second bent line from the first bent portion. The first bent portion is bent in a first direction becoming distant from the conductive structure, and the second bent portion is bent in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXPANSION UNIT
A mobile electronic device includes a main framework having a motherboard, a back cover covering the main framework and having an expansion window, and an expansion unit is disclosed. The expansion unit includes a door cover covering the expansion window. The door cover includes a back plate and a lateral plate, the lateral plate having an opening. A functional module is disposed on an inner side of the door cover, electrically connected to the motherboard, and has a first side on which an operation interface is disposed. The operation interface faces the opening in the lateral plate.
CONNECTING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
An electronic device includes: a first housing including a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second housing including a second printed circuit board (PCB), a flexible display, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first portion, a second portion connected to the first portion and the first PCB and configured to bend relative to the first portion in a first bending direction, a first flexible portion between the first portion and the second portion, a third portion connected to the first portion and the second PCB and configured to bend relative to the first portion in a second bending direction opposite to the first bending direction, and a second flexible portion between the first portion and the third portion.
Electronic device including a fingerprint sensor disposed in an opening area of a metal frame
An electronic device includes a first assembly including a window defining an appearance of a front surface of the electronic device; a display module disposed below the window; a touch sensor disposed between the window and the display module; a heat dissipation sheet disposed below the display module and having an opening; a support frame supporting the display module and including an opening area; a fingerprint sensor disposed in the opening of the support frame and the opening of the heat dissipation sheet; and a second assembly coupled to the first assembly, which includes a case forming an appearance of the electronic device and an inner space of the electronic device with the first assembly; a power supply unit accommodated in the inner space of the electronic device; and a circuit board accommodated in the inner space of the electronic device and including a controller.
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a housing configured to support and protect the display panel; a support, the support being arranged between the display panel and the housing; a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors being fixed on the support; a window, the window being located in the display panel or the housing and being configured to expose at least one sensor; and a driver, the driver being configured to control the support to move along a plane parallel to the display panel, and to control the support to stop moving when a required sensor moves to a position of the window.