Housing, method of producing the same, and electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11003209-B2
Application number	US-202016747723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2020
Priority date	Feb 15, 2019
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

According to an embodiments, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a hinge module; a first housing connected to the hinge module and including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member; and a second housing. The first side member includes a first side surface having a first length; a second side surface extended toward the hinge module; a third side surface extended from the second side surface so as to at least partially coincide with the hinge module; and a processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface. A vertical distance between a first boundary line between the processed area and the first surface and a second boundary line between the processed area and the second surface is substantially equal across the first side surface, the second side surface, and/or the third side surface. Other embodiments are possible.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a foldable housing,
wherein the foldable housing includes:
a hinge module;
a first housing connected to the hinge module and including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first direction, and a first side member forming a peripheral surface of the first housing by enclosing a first space between the first surface and the second surface; and
a second housing connected to the hinge module and comprising a third surface facing in a second direction, a fourth surface facing in a direction opposite to the second direction, and a second side member forming a peripheral surface of the second housing by enclosing a second space between the third surface and the fourth surface,

wherein the first housing and the second housing are foldably coupled to each other along the hinge module so as to at least partially face each other in a folded state,
wherein the first side member forming the peripheral surface of the first housing comprises:
a first side surface having a first length;
a second side surface orthogonally extending from the first side surface toward the hinge module through a first corner having a first radius of curvature, the second side surface having a second length smaller than the first length;
a third side surface orthogonally extending from the second side surface through a second corner having a second radius of curvature smaller than the first radius of curvature, the third side surface coupled to the hinge module; and
a processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface through the second side surface, and

wherein a vertical distance between a first boundary line between the processed area and the first surface and a second boundary line between the processed area and the second surface is equal across the first side surface, the second side surface, and/or the third side surface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the processed area of the first side surface is substantially the same as a shape of the processed area of the second side surface.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the shape of the processed area of the second side surface is different from that of the processed area of the third side surface.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processed area further comprises a cutting area formed by processing a first colored area in at least a portion of the first surface, the side member, and/or at least a portion of the second surface, and wherein the first colored area has a first color formed using an anodizing process.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first colored area further comprises at least a portion of the first side surface, the second side surface, and/or the third side surface.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the cutting area further comprises a second colored area in a second color different from the first color, the second color formed using another anodizing process.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first color is deeper or darker than the second color.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processed area further comprises:
a first processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface through the second side surface;
a second processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface through the second side surface and spaced apart from the first processed area; and
a third processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface through the second side surface and disposed between the first processed area and the second processed area,
wherein the first boundary line is between the first processed area and the first surface and the second boundary line is between the second processed area and the second surface.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first processed area, the second processed area, and the third processed area are curved surfaces each having different radii of curvature.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first processed area, the second processed area, and/or the third processed area is a planar surface or a curved surface.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Changyong
• Choi Halim
• Kim Sunghun

Classifications

• H05K5/0086

  portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus (casings for switching devices H01H9/02) · CPC title

• H04M1/0216 Primary

  Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F1/1656

  Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203) · CPC title