US 12,487,640 B2
Electronic devices with translating flexible displays and corresponding methods for managing display position as a function content presentation
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); and Rohit Sisodia, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/419,994, filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/416,927, filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126332 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1675 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising transitioning, by a translation mechanism, a blade assembly that carries a blade and flexible display and is slidably coupled to a device housing, is coupled to two major surfaces of the device housing and wraps around a minor surface of the device housing, and is movable between an extended position concealing an imager, a peek position revealing the imager, and a retracted position between the extended position and the peek position and also concealing the imager, to a position between the retracted position and the extended position when content is to be newly presented on the flexible display.