IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,173
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,173 · App. 17/970,308 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Dinh Quynh Nguyen (Pho Yen town, VN); Dac Tri Bui (Pho Yen town, VN); Xuan Truong Dao (Pho Yen town, VN); Van Hoang Nguyen (Pho Yen town, VN); Cong Khanh Pham (Pho Yen town, VN)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H05K5/0247H04M1/0214H05K5/0226
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,446,173
App. No.
17/970,308
Filed
Oct 20, 2022
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/807
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a first housing configured to accommodate a first circuit and a first passage member for retracting a cable member, a second housing configured to accommodate a second circuit and a second passage member for retracting the cable member into the housing, a hinge structure provided between the first housing and the second housing and configured to rotatably connect the first housing and the second housing, a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, and a cable member electrically connecting the first circuit and the second circuit via the first passage member, the hinge structure, and the second passage. At least one of the first passage member and the second passage member includes an elastic member including a hollow region penetrated by the cable member, and a bonding member filling between the cable member and the elastic member in the hollow region.

Claims (50)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing configured to accommodate a first circuit, the first housing comprising a first passage member configured to retract a cable member into the first housing;

a second housing configured to accommodate a second circuit, the second housing comprising a second passage member configured to retract the cable member into the second housing;

a hinge structure provided between the first housing and the second housing and configured to rotatably connect the first housing and the second housing;

a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing; and

the cable member configured to electrically connect the first circuit and the second circuit via the first passage member, the hinge structure, and the second passage member in sequence,

wherein at least one of the first passage member or the second passage member comprises:

an elastic member comprising a first elastic member and second elastic member, the cable member provided in a region between the first elastic member and the second elastic member; and

a bonding member filled between the cable member and the elastic member in the region, the bonding member formed as a one-piece structure surrounding the cable member, and comprising a first bonding portion contacting the first elastic member and the cable member and the second bonding portion contacting the second elastic member and the cable member.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic member comprises:

a first elastic member having a first groove; and

a second elastic member having a second groove.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding member comprises:

an upper region covering an upper surface of the elastic member and filling a space between an inner wall of the passage member on which the elastic member is provided and the cable member; and

a lower region filling the region.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the first elastic member comprises a first protruding region protruding toward the cable member,

wherein the second elastic member comprises a second protruding region protruding toward the cable member at a position corresponding to the first protruding region, and

wherein the first protruding region and second protruding region are configured to press and fix a region of the cable member.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 ,

wherein the cable member comprises:

a first region retracted into the first or second passage member from the hinge structure;

a second region passing through the region of the elastic member; and

a third region retracted into the first or second housing,

wherein the second region is configured to be formed to be bent at a boundary with the first and third regions, respectively.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the second region has an incline shape with respect to the inner wall of the first passage member or second passage member, and

wherein the first groove and the second groove are configured to be formed to correspond to the inclined shape of the second region.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the first and second protruding regions are further configured to press and fix a portion of the first region.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the first and second elastic members comprise a lower support surface in contact with the third region of the cable member, and

wherein the first and second elastic members are further configured to press and fix a portion of the third region.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic member is configured to be provided on the first passage member and the second passage member, respectively.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first housing configured to accommodate a first circuit;

a first passage member configured to receive a cable member;

a second housing configured to accommodate a second circuit;

a second passage member configured to receive the cable member;

a hinge structure provided between the first housing and the second housing and configured to rotatably connect the first housing and the second housing;

wherein at least one of the first passage member or the second passage member comprises:

an elastic member comprising a first elastic member and second elastic member, the cable member provided in a region between the first elastic member and the second elastic member; and

a bonding member filled between the cable member and the elastic member in the region, the bonding member formed as a one-piece structure surrounding the cable member, and comprising a first bonding portion contacting the first elastic member and the cable member and the second bonding portion contacting the second elastic member and the cable member.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bonding member is provided above an uppermost portion of the elastic member.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bonding member fills a space between an inner wall of the passage member and the cable member above an upper surface of the elastic member.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the bonding member is provided above an upper surface of the elastic member.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the bonding member fills a space between an inner wall of the passage member and the cable member above an upper surface of the elastic member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: NGUYEN, DINH QUYNH; BUI, DAC TRI; DAO, XUAN TRUONG; NGUYEN, VAN HOANG; PHAM, CONG KHANH
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061487/0346 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0184237 · Dec 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022013966 · Sep 19, 2022
Related Publication 20230199987A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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