Electronic device including openable and closable pipeline

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438967-B2
Application number	US-202318465508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	Aug 30, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably disposed with the first housing, a rollable display having a display area reduced or expanded based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing, a pipeline having a first opening disposed on one side of the second housing for an inflow of external air flows, having a second opening disposed in a direction toward the first housing, and extending from the first opening in a direction toward the second opening, an air sensor disposed at least in part inside the pipeline, and an opening and closing member disposed to be fixed to the first housing and opening or closing the second opening of the pipeline based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing slidably disposed with the first housing;
a rollable display having a display area reduced or expanded based on a slide-in or slide-out of the second housing;
a pipeline having a first opening disposed on one side of the second housing for an inflow of external air flows, having a second opening disposed in a direction toward the first housing, and extending from the first opening in a direction toward the second opening;
an air sensor disposed at least in part inside the pipeline; and
an opening and closing member disposed to be fixed to the first housing and opening or closing the second opening of the pipeline based on the slide-in or slide-out of the second housing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an elastic member disposed at an end of the opening and closing member and, in the slide-in of the second housing, closing the second opening by coming into contact with the second opening.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pipeline includes:
a sensing portion in which the first opening and the air sensor are disposed; and
an extension portion extending from the sensing portion in a direction toward the second housing.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the sensing portion is formed to have a greater width than the extension portion.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the air sensor includes a gas sensor or a fine dust sensor.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein in the slide-in of the second housing, the second opening and the opening and closing member are in contact with each other to close the second opening, and
wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, the second opening and the opening and closing member are spaced apart from each other to open the second opening.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, external air flows into the first opening of the pipeline and flows through the second opening into an air region formed inside the second housing.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, the air sensor starts a sensing operation after a predetermined time elapses from a time point at which the external air flows into the first opening of the pipeline.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an opening area formed by the first opening of the pipeline is greater than a housing separation area formed by a gap between the first housing and the second housing.

10. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing slidably disposed with the first housing;
a rollable display having a display area reduced or expanded based on a slide-in or slide-out of the second housing;
a pipeline having a first opening disposed on one side of the second housing for an inflow of external air flows, having a second opening disposed in a direction toward the first housing, and extending from the first opening in a direction toward the second opening;
an air sensor disposed at least in part inside the pipeline; and
a piston member fixed at least in part to the first housing, disposed at least in part inside the pipeline, and moving in the pipeline based on the slide-in or slide-out of the second housing.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the pipeline includes:
a sensing portion in which the first opening and the air sensor are disposed; and
an extension portion extending from the sensing portion in a direction toward the second housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the sensing portion is formed to have a greater width than the extension portion.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the air sensor includes a gas sensor or a fine dust sensor.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 ,
wherein in the slide-in of the second housing, the piston member moves in a direction of reducing an air inflow space inside the pipeline, and
wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, the piston member moves in a direction of increasing the air inflow space inside the pipeline.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, external air flows into the first opening of the pipeline and flows toward the air inflow space inside the pipeline.

16. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing slidably disposed with the first housing;
a rollable display having a display area reduced or expanded based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing;
a pipeline having a first opening disposed on one side of the second housing for an inflow of external air flows, having a second opening disposed in a direction toward the first housing, and extending from the first opening in a direction toward the second opening;
an air sensor disposed at least in part inside the pipeline; and
a hinge member disposed in the second opening of the pipeline and closing or opening one end of the pipeline based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the pipeline includes:
a sensing portion in which the first opening and the air sensor are disposed; and
an extension portion extending from the sensing portion in a direction toward the second housing.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the air sensor includes a gas sensor or a fine dust sensor.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 ,
wherein in the slide-in of the second housing, the hinge member rotates to come into contact with the second opening and closes the second opening,
wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, the hinge member rotates away from the second opening and opens the second opening, and
wherein the hinge member rotates in response to a received electrical signal, the electrical signal transmitted in response to the slide-in or slide-out of the second housing.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein in the slide-out of the second housing, external air flows into the first opening of the pipeline and flows through the second opening into an air region formed inside the second housing.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Junghyun
• Kim Minsoo
• Kim Joohan
• Han Yonggil

Classifications

• G06F1/1624

  with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display · CPC title

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• H04M1/0237 Primary

  Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom · CPC title