US 12,035,491 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Junyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Moonchul Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Joongyeon Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwook Kim, 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 Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,337.
Application 17/525,337 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/016434, filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0166601 (KR), filed on Dec. 2, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0067484 (KR), filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174829 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display comprising a first area disposed to be visible from outside of the electronic device and a second area extending from the first area and disposed to be accommodated inside the electronic device in a first state and to be at least partially visible from outside of the electronic device in a second state;
a bendable member disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display and configured to support the flexible display in the first state and the second state;
a case configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display;
a sliding frame comprising a slide plate slidably coupled to the case and a sliding bar, wherein the sliding bar is integrally formed with the slide plate;
a plurality of driving bodies configured to enable sliding movement of the flexible display while switching from the first state to the second state; and
a plurality of rollers rotatably disposed at the sliding bar and in contact with the bendable member.