US 11,720,147 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Valeriy Prushinskiy, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyungsok Yeo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Changryong Heo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Minwoo Yoo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Seonho Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/539,325.
Application 17/539,325 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/017858, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0166043 (KR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0029612 (KR), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0171433 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1632 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing and configured to slide out of the first housing in a first direction; and
a display including a first area having one end rotatably coupled to one side of the first housing and rotatable about the one side and a second area adjacent to an opposite end of the first area, wherein the first area has a display surface and a rear surface opposite of the display surface, and wherein the second area has a display surface that is adjacent to display surface of the first area, and a rear surface that is adjacent to the rear surface of the first area;
wherein in a first state, the second housing is located inside the first housing, at least a portion of the rear surface of the second area faces the rear surface of the first area, the first area of the display is disposed on one surface of the first housing, and the display surface of the first area is visually exposed, and
wherein in a second state, the display is unfolded such that the display surface of the first area and the display surface of the second area are visually exposed, and at least part of the second housing is withdrawn from the first housing and disposed under the rear surface of the second area.