US 12,171,077 B2
Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board
Jinwoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Eunsoo Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,010.
Application 18/075,010 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013540, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0156106 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0174866 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156944 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 5/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a flexible display comprising a first area and a second area;
a first housing supporting the first area of the flexible display;
a second housing supporting the second area;
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing;
a first bracket disposed in the first housing and having a first opening;
a second bracket disposed in the second housing and having a second opening; and
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending from a first space formed by the first housing to a second space formed by the second housing across the hinge structure, and formed in a multi-layer structure,
wherein the FPCB comprises a first sealing portion disposed in the first opening, a second sealing portion disposed in the second opening and, flexible portions connected to each of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion and extending toward the hinge structure, and
wherein at least one stepped space is formed between a plurality of layers of the flexible portion of the FPCB and at least one waterproof member is disposed in at least one stepped space between a plurality of layers of each of the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion of the FPCB.