US 12,443,223 B2
Flexible display and electronic device including same
Jooyoung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Myunghoon Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Moonchul Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Junghyeob Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hojin Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jookwan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/146,751.
Application 18/146,751 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/020355, filed on Dec. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0192808 (KR), filed on Dec. 30, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0031879 (KR), filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213967 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1624 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1635 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1675 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing, the first housing being slidable with respect to the second housing;
a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area, the second display area being bent or rolled in response to the first housing moving with respect to the second housing;
a battery disposed in the first housing or the second housing; and
a supporting structure supporting at least a portion of the flexible display,
wherein the supporting structure includes a first area overlapping the battery and a second area without overlapping the battery,
wherein the first area of the supporting structure has a first thickness,
wherein the second area of the supporting structure has a second thickness larger than the first thickness,
wherein the supporting structure includes a plurality of bars, and
wherein the supporting structure is configured to bend or roll together with the flexible display in response to the first housing moving with respect to the second housing.