US 11,726,528 B2
Foldable electronic device including flexible display element
Ho-seong Seo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,291.
Application 17/349,291 is a continuation of application No. 15/724,882, filed on Oct. 4, 2017, granted, now 11,048,302.
Application 15/724,882 is a continuation of application No. 14/468,667, filed on Aug. 26, 2014, granted, now 9,811,119, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0101292 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0311525 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first body and a second body;
a flexible display comprising a first portion of the flexible display supported by the first body and a second portion of the flexible display supported by the second body; and
a hinge unit for connecting the first body and the second body, and supporting a third portion of the flexible display between the first portion of the flexible display and the second portion of the flexible display, the hinge unit comprising:
a plurality of sliding units configured to enable at least one of the first body and the second body to move in a direction perpendicular to a first axis, each of the plurality of sliding units being coupled to either of the first body or the second body,
wherein each of the plurality of sliding units includes a sliding frame, and a sliding plate which slides in a direction perpendicular to the first axis along the sliding frame while remaining parallel to either the first body or the second body,
wherein the sliding frame of each of the plurality of sliding units is positioned parallel to and slides along either the first body or the second body, and
wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the flexible display.