US 11,860,694 B2
Electronic device including rollable display
Moonchul Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Joongyeon Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Junyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/433,404
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009046
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/015048, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0086823 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0129528 (KR), filed on Oct. 7, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0131321 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0131459 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0022106 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342448 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing combined with at least the first housing and configured to form a first state by moving in a first direction with respect to the first housing and a second state by moving in a second direction;
a bendable support configured to be inserted into an inner space of the second housing when the second housing moves in the second direction and to be drawn out of the inner space when the second housing moves in the first direction;
a rollable display having a display area configured for varying depending on moving of the second housing, the rollable display comprising a first portion visible to the outside when the electronic device is in the first state and the second state, and a second portion visible to the outside when the electronic device is in the second state, movements of the second portion to be guided by the bendable support;
a sliding support configured to move based on movements of the second housing and to support the second portion by supporting the bendable support when the electronic device is in the second state;
a bracket comprising at least one recess providing a space for the movement of the sliding support;
a support plate disposed above the space to support the first portion,
wherein the sliding support comprises:
multiple sliding bars, each of the sliding bars extending in the first direction and configured to be inserted into and/or drawn out of the at least one recess; and
a support bar configured to connect, at one end thereof, the multiple sliding bars to each other and extending in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured for supporting rolling of the second portion of the display.