US 12,082,357 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Hyeryun Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Youngtae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kiyul Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Wooktae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyungjin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,115.
Application 17/855,115 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/008150, filed on Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0086257 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008612 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H01B 1/02 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display that is configured to be deformable to a first state in which an exposed amount of a display area of the flexible display has a first size, and a second state in which the exposed amount of the display area is expanded in a first direction to have a second size that is larger than the first size;
a deformable member comprising a liquid-state electrode, the deformable member being configured to deform in a length direction of the deformable member based on the flexible display transitioning between the first state and the second state;
a deformation sensing circuit configured to sense a resistance component of the liquid-state electrode, the resistance component corresponding to an exposure degree of the display area;
a connector member electrically connecting the deformable member and the deformation sensing circuit;
a rigid member coupled to the deformable member and in which a portion of the connector member is disposed; and
a fixed structure contacting a partial area of the rigid member, the fixed structure being configured to press a portion of the deformable member, and configured to restrict movement of the rigid member in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.