US 12,010,253 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Moonchul Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunsuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Inkuk Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Hojin Jung, 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)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,874.
Application 17/510,874 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/013439, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0147441 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0048406 (KR), filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150337 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 1/0237 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing configured to be movable relative to the first housing;
a flexible display including a first area disposed on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, wherein the second area is configured to be deformable into a curved shape while the second housing moves relative to the first housing; and
a multi-bar structure including a plurality of bars and supporting the second area,
wherein the multi-bar structure includes:
a support including a first surface, facing the flexible display, to support the second area;
at least one first guide protrusion protruding from a second surface opposite to the first surface of the support, and
at least one second guide protrusion extending from the first guide protrusion, and
wherein while the second housing moves in the first housing, when viewed from outside of the flexible display, the at least one second protrusion is configured to be at least partially disposed to overlap at least portion of the second area.