US 12,013,727 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Minsoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Myunghoon Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,443.
Application 17/527,443 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014507, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0049810 (KR), filed on Apr. 16, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0070953 (KR), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334615 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing coupled to an edge of the first housing and configured to rotate about a folding axis extending in a first direction;
a third housing coupled to the first housing and disposed to be slidable toward or away from the folding axis;
a first roller rotatably mounted to an edge of the second housing,
at least one second roller disposed on or adjacent to a hinge structure; and
a flexible display including a first area disposed on the third housing and a second area extending from the first area and disposed through the first housing to the second housing,
wherein as the third housing slides, the second area slides on the first housing or the second housing, and a portion of the second area is selectively received in the second housings,
wherein the first roller and the at least one second roller are configured to slidably extend or withdraw the third housing while in a folded state.