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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a patent on a device that looks like a Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 on November 19, 2020 local time. The internal structure of the device is illustrated in the patent.
Contents of published patent
The patent name published by the USPTO is “electronic equipment that can be folded in multiple places.” A patent for a device that looks like a Galaxy Fold 3 was filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) in mid-2018, and was published on July 17, 2020.
Features of the device described in the patent
This patent specifically describes the structure and function of hinges, which play an important role in folding smartphones. In addition, although there are not so many descriptions about the form when unfolded, the internal mechanism, and the arrangement of network-related parts, what kind of positional relationship the hinge and display, housing will have when folded and folded, etc. It is described in detail in multiple items.
Although not mentioned in this patent, it is rumored that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will have an embedded camera under the display, be compatible with the S Pen, and will be announced in June 2021.
Source: USPTO via Patently Apple
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