US 11,815,963 B2
Electronic device comprising wiring member fixing structure
Seungchul Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Suman Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyosung La, Suwon-si (KR); and Jongchul Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/430,575
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/018299
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/171365, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0018848 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0129046 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0277 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge module configured to connect the first housing and the second housing in a foldable manner;
a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing;
a first hinge plate configured to connect at least a portion of the first housing to the hinge module, the first hinge plate including a first opening;
a second hinge plate configured to connect at least a portion of the second housing to the hinge module, the second hinge plate including a second opening;
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending from the first housing to the second housing;
a first reinforcing member configured to fix a first portion of the FPCB with respect to the first hinge plate; and
a second reinforcing member configured to fix a second portion of the FPCB with respect to the second hinge plate,
wherein the first portion of the FPCB and at least a portion of the first reinforcing member are disposed within the first opening and the second portion of the FPCB and at least a portion of the second reinforcing member are disposed within the second opening.