Electronic device including elastic member
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure, a second housing structure, a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate, a hinge cover covering at least part of the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside, and a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure and including a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in the internal space of the hinge cover, wherein the hinge structure includes a first member attached to the first hinge plate, and a second member attached to the second hinge plate, and wherein the first member and the second member are disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the hinge structure and the printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing structure;
a second housing structure;
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate;
a hinge cover covering at least part of the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside; and
a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure and including a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in an internal space of the hinge cover,
wherein the hinge structure includes:
a first member attached to the first hinge plate, and
a second member attached to the second hinge plate, and
wherein the first member is disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the first hinge plate and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device, and
wherein the second member is disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the second hinge plate and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first member and the second member include an adhesive material applied on a surface facing the hinge structure.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first opening formed through the first hinge plate; and
a second opening formed through the second hinge plate,
wherein the pair of fixing members are at least partially disposed in the first opening or the second opening.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first member or the second member includes:
an attaching area formed on a surface facing the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate; and
a non-attaching area formed in at least a portion of a circumference of the attaching area, on the surface facing the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate.
5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the non-attaching area is shaped as at least one of a polygon or a closed curve surrounding the attaching area.
6. The electronic device of claim 3 ,
wherein the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate includes a frame portion formed to surround or define at least a portion of the first opening and the second opening, and
wherein the first member or the second member is attached to the frame portion.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the frame portion forms a portion of an edge of the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate.
8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first member or the second member is formed to surround the frame portion.
9. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:
fixing members disposed in respective one of the first opening or the second opening and including a first end and a second end fixed to the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate, respectively,
wherein fixed portions of the flexible printed circuit board are mounted on one of the fixing members, respectively.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first housing structure and the second housing structure rotate on the hinge structure between:
a first position where the first housing structure and the second housing structure are unfolded side-by-side; and
a second position where the first housing structure and the second housing structure are folded to face each other.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 ,
wherein the first member is disposed on the first hinge plate and the second member is disposed on the second hinge plate,
wherein in the first position, the first member and the second member are disposed adjacent to each other and side-by-side, and
wherein in the second position, the first member and the second member are disposed to face each other, with the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate disposed therebetween.
12. The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the first member or the second member includes:
an attaching area formed on a surface facing the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate, and
a non-attaching area formed in at least a portion of a circumference of the attaching area, on the surface facing the first hinge plate or the second hinge plate, and
wherein the attaching area is attached to at least a portion of the frame portion.