US 11,989,061 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Hyoungtak Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Ji, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunggwang Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Myunghoon Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Junhyuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Hojin Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,277.
Application 17/483,277 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/012974, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0123314 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0098895 (KR), filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091636 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device including a flexible display, the electronic device comprising:
a first housing capable being slid;
a second housing;
a flexible display including a first region mounted on one surface of the first housing and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the second region is at least partially accommodated inside the first housing or the second housing or exposed to an outside of the first housing or the second housing based on a sliding movement of the first housing;
a driving unit disposed in the second housing and configured to provide power for sliding the first housing; and
a rail unit including a rail configured to receive the power from the driving unit and to move together with the first housing when the first housing slides,
wherein the driving unit includes a pinion disposed to be engaged with the rail of the rail unit and a plurality of motor modules, each including a motor, disposed on a same rotation shaft as the pinion.