US 12,169,423 B2
Flexible display module including shielding structure and waterproof structure and electronic device including the same
Jungchul An, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunho Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,543.
Application 17/892,543 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011236, filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0105275 (KR), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047246 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G01R 33/072 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing foldably connected to the first housing;
a magnet member comprising a first magnet disposed in the first housing and a second magnet disposed in the second housing to face the first magnet based on the housing being in a folded state;
a hinge configured to foldably connect the first housing and the second housing; and
a flexible display module configured to be folded by folding of the housing, wherein
the flexible display module comprises:
a display panel formed configured to be deformed by folding of the housing,
a digitizer panel comprising a first digitizer panel disposed in the first housing and including a first area adjacent to the hinge and a second area spaced apart from the hinge compared to the first area, and a second digitizer panel disposed in the second housing and including a third area adjacent to the hinge and a fourth area spaced apart from the hinge compared to the third area, the digitizer panel being disposed in a first direction with respect to the display panel,
a first shielding member including a shield which comprises a first first shielding member disposed on the first digitizer panel and a second first shielding member disposed on the second digitizer panel, the first shielding member being disposed on the rear surface of the digitizer panel,
a reinforced plate comprising a first reinforced plate, at least a part of which is disposed in the first area of the first digitizer panel, and a second reinforced plate, at least a part of which is disposed in the third area of the second digitizer panel, the reinforced plate being disposed on the rear surface of the first shielding member,
a second shielding member including a shield comprising a first second shielding member, at least a part of which is disposed on a rear surface of the first first shielding member in the second area of the first digitizer panel between the first magnet and the first digitizer panel, a second second shielding member disposed on the rear surface of the first reinforced plate, and a third second shielding member, at least a part of which is disposed on the rear surface of the second first shielding member in the fourth area of the second digitizer panel between the second magnet and the second digitizer panel, and
a waterproof structure comprising a waterproof material comprising a first waterproof member, at least a part of which is disposed on the rear surface of the first reinforced plate between the first second shielding member and the second second shielding member, and a second waterproof member, at least a part of which is disposed in the first direction of the second reinforced plate.