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US 12,328,405 · App. 18/406,754 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Electronic device with metal frame antenna

Inventors: Jaehyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinkyu Bang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinu Kim (Seoul, KR); Donghwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Taegyu Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kiyoung Chang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04M1/0218H01Q1/243H01Q5/385H01Q9/30H04M1/026H04M1/0268H04M1/0214H04M1/0235H04M1/0269
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Patent No.
US 12,328,405
App. No.
18/406,754
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided, including a communication circuit; a flexible display; and a foldable housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion foldable with respect to each other. The first housing portion includes, as a first external side thereof, a first metal portion, a second metal portion, and a first non-metal portion disposed between the first metal portion and the second metal portion. The second housing portion includes, as a second external side thereof, a third metal portion, a fourth metal portion, and a second non-metal portion disposed between the third and fourth metal portions. The first metal portion is electrically connected with the communication circuit and operates as an antenna radiator. When the foldable housing is folded such that the first housing portion contacts the second housing portion, the first non-metal portion and the second non-metal portion are aligned with each other.

Claims (18)

1. A foldable electronic device comprising:

a communication circuit;

a flexible display; and

a foldable housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion foldable with respect to each other,

wherein the first housing portion includes, as at least part of a first external side thereof, a first metal portion, a second metal portion, and a first non-metal portion disposed between the first metal portion and the second metal portion,

wherein the second housing portion includes, as at least part of a second external side thereof, a third metal portion, a fourth metal portion, and a second non-metal portion disposed between the third and fourth metal portions,

wherein the first metal portion is electrically connected with the communication circuit and configured to operate as an antenna radiator, and

wherein, when the foldable housing is folded such that the first housing portion and the second housing portion face each other, the first non-metal portion and the second non-metal portion are aligned with each other.

2. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communication circuit is included in the first housing portion.

3. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the alignment of the first non-metal portion and the second non-metal portion is visible from outside of the foldable electronic device.

4. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first housing portion further includes, as at least part of the first external side thereof, a third non-metal portion,

wherein the second housing portion further includes, as at least part of the second external side thereof, a fourth non-metal portion, and

wherein, when the foldable housing is folded such that the first housing portion and the second housing portion face each other, the third non-metal portion and the fourth non-metal portion are aligned with each other and visible from outside of the foldable electronic device.

5. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third metal portion is electrically connected with a ground in the second housing portion, and wherein, when the foldable housing is folded such that the first housing portion and the second housing portion face each other, the first metal portion is in alignment with at least part of the third metal portion.

6. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a first length direction of the first non-metal portion is substantially perpendicular to a second length direction of the first metal portion, and

wherein a third length direction of the second non-metal portion is substantially perpendicular to a fourth length direction of the third metal portion.

7. The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first non-metal portion extends from a top to a bottom of the first external side, and

wherein the second non-metal portion extends from a top to a bottom of the second external side.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0159787 · Nov 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17960486 · Oct 5, 2022
Continuation 17393016 · Aug 3, 2021
Continuation 17073766 · Oct 19, 2020
Continuation 16126534 · Sep 10, 2018
Continuation 15351161 · Nov 14, 2016
Related Publication 20240146830A1 · May 2, 2024
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