Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yeonggyu Yoon

Byounguk Yoon

Junyoung Choi

Youngmin Kang

Moonchul Shin

Joongyeon Cho

Seungjoon Lee

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Wonho Lee

Jooyoung Kang

Inkuk Yun

Joungmin Cho

Hyoungtak Cho

Junghyeob Lee

Soyoung Lee

Jookwan Lee

Soohyun Seo

Moonsun Kim

Jongchul Choi

Hojin Jung

Min-Sung Lee

Wonkyu Sung

Hyunsuk Kim

Sungho Ahn

Jongkeun Kim

Hyunggwang Kang

Nakhyun Choi

Junhyuk Kim

Jaeho Kang

Min-Woo Yoo

Jihyung Jung

Dahee Kim

Sukdong Kim

Changhan Lee

Seung-Chul Baek

Junghyun Ahn

Changryong Heo

Minwoo Yoo

Sangmin Kim

Minsoo Kim

Yongjin Kwon

Jongyoon Kim

Sanghyuk Park

Seunghyun Hwang

Wonhee Choi

Daeyoung Noh

Sunggun Cho

Sangin Baek

Youngmin Ji

Hoyoung Jeong

Bohyeon Kim

Seungchul Baek

Hyungil Kim

Jungyoung Choi

Gabseong Lee

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a first housing including a first space formed through a first side member comprising a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing along a first direction and comprising a second space formed through a second side member; a bendable support connected to the first housing, is, in a slide-in state, at least partially accommodated into the second space, and in a slide-out state, forms a side at least partially coplanar with the first housing; a flexible display supported through the first housing and the bendable support; at least one electronic component disposed in the second space and in communication with an external environment through a first opening formed in at least a portion of the second side member in the slide-in state; and a bendable electrical connection member configured to connect the electronic component to the first space, wherein in the slide-in state, at least a portion of the first side and the third side are accommodated in the second space so as not to be visible from the outside, and the at least one electronic component may be disposed at a position not interfered with by the first side and/or the second side in the slide-in state.

Electronic device comprising electronic component arrangement structure

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidable relative to the first housing, a contact member disposed in the first housing, a pressure sensor disposed in the second housing to face the contact member and provided in a state in which at least a portion of the pressure sensor is in contact with the contact member, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the second housing, an actuator configured to drive the second housing, and a processor disposed on the PCB, electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the actuator, and configured to control the actuator, based on pressure information sensed by the pressure sensor.

Electronic device including pressure sensor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, a display of which at least a part is fixed to the second housing so that an information display region, which is a part of the electronic device visible on the outside, increases or decreases according to the sliding of the second housing, and a support member including a bendable structure, supporting at least a part of the display, and moving according to the sliding of the second housing, wherein, the information display region increases if the second housing slides in a first direction at a reference position at which the end of the second housing and the end of the first housing are substantially aligned, and the information display region decreases if the second housing slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction at the reference position.

Electronic device including rollable or slidable display

An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to change a position relative to the first housing based on sliding of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area and a bendable or rollable second area extending from the first area, a supporting structure coupled with the flexible display to support at least a portion of the flexible display and including a plurality of bars, and a guide rail configured to guide a movement of the plurality of bars based on the sliding of the first housing. Each of the plurality of bars may include a frame and a header formed on an end of the frame. When the second area of the flexible display is bent or rolled, the headers of adjacent bars may be disposed to at least partially overlap each other. Each of the headers may include at least one pole at least partially received in the guide rail.

Flexible display, structure supporting the flexible display, and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space formed by a first side member including a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side, a second housing which is slidably coupled to the first housing in a first direction and includes a second space, a bendable member which is connected to the first housing, is at least partially accommodated into the second space in a slide-in state, and forms a plane that is at least partially identical to the first housing in a slide-out state, a flexible display including a first portion disposed to be viewable from an outside in the slide-in state and a second portion which extends from the first portion and is accommodated into the second space through the bendable member so as not to be at least partially viewable from the outside, and a component assembly which is disposed in the first space to correspond to the outside through an opening formed in at least a portion of the first housing and comprises at least two electronic components, wherein the opening may be covered by at least a portion of the second housing in the slide-in state, and in the slide-in state, the first side and the third side may be accommodated into the second space so as not to be viewable from the outside.

An electronic device may include a housing; a sliding frame, at least a portion of which is drawn out from the housing in a first direction, or at least a portion of which is retracted into the housing in a second direction; a flexible display including a first region visible from the outside, and a second region extending from the first region and varying in size; and a bending member disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, the bending member including a plurality of bars arranged in a certain interval. The bending member may include a first bar including at least one first locking part protruding in an inner direction of the electronic device.

Rollable electronic device

An electronic device may include a first housing configured to slide with respect to the second housing, a second housing receiving at least a portion of the first housing, a display configured to be unfolded based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure configured to generate a driving force for the sliding of the first housing, the motor structure disposed on the second housing, and a gear assembly including a first gear connected to the motor structure, a rack gear connected to the first housing and configured to slide along with the first housing, a second gear configured to mesh with the rack gear, and a third gear connected to the second gear and configured to rotate based on rotation of the first gear.

Rollable electronic device including gear assembly

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to contain at least a part of the first housing and to move relative to the first housing, a display configured to unfold based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure disposed in the housing and configured to generate driving power for sliding of the first housing, a pinion gear configured to rotate based on the driving power generated by the motor structure, and a rack gear disposed in the housing and configured to mesh with the pinion gear. The rack gear includes a first part made of a first material, the first part including at least one recess, and a second part including a lower area disposed below the first part, at least a part of the second part being contained in the at least one recess.

Rollable electronic device including rack gear

An example electronic device includes a housing, and a flexible display in which an area of a display region is configured to be adjusted based on a sliding movement of at least a portion of the housing. The flexible display may include a first region fixedly visible from outside through a first direction of the electronic device, a second region extending from one end of the first region and variably visible from the outside based on the movement of the housing, and including a first bending part bent from one end of the first region in a second direction opposite to the first direction and disposed to face a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first extension part extending from one end of the first bending part and disposed in parallel with the first region, and a second bending part bent from one end of the first extension part in the second direction and disposed to face a first lateral direction opposite to the second lateral direction.

Electric device including flexible display

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display, a bendable member, and a bending plate. The second housing may slide in a first housing to cause at least a part of the second housing to be drawn out of the first housing in an open state, and may slide in a second direction to cause the at least a part of the second housing to enter the first housing in a closed state. The flexible display may be disposed in a space formed by the first housing and the second housing, and may include a first area visible to an outside, and a second area extending from the first area, accommodated inside the flexible display in a closed state, and visible to the outside in an open state. The bendable member may be disposed on a rear side of the flexible display to support the flexible display in the closed state and in the open state, and may include a plurality of multi-bars disposed at predetermined intervals. The bending plate may be attached to the flexible display and the plurality of multi-bars.

An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed movably with respect to the first housing; a display disposed on the second housing and expanded or contracted as the second housing moves; a motor; a pinion gear disposed in the first housing and rotatable by receiving driving force from the motor; a rack gear disposed in the second housing, engaged with the at least one pinion gear and movable by the rotation of the at least one pinion gear; a switching structure disposed between the motor and the pinion gear, and changeable to a gear-connected state, or a gear-released state, an actuator disposed in the first housing, configured to change a state of the switching structure; and at least one processor operably coupled to the motor and the actuator, and the processor may be configured to change the switching structure to the gear-connected state or the gear-released state through the actuator based on identifying the designated event.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing along a first direction and including a second space, a bendable member connected to the first housing, at least partially accommodated in the second space in a slide-in state, and at least partially forming the same plane with the first housing in a slide-out state, a support plate including a plate part, and a pressing part extending from the plate part and supporting at least a portion of the bent bendable member in the slide-in state, the plate part including a first surface facing the bendable member, and a second surface facing a direction opposite to a direction of the first surface, and a flexible display disposed to be supported by at least a portion of the bendable member and at least a portion of the first housing.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space, a second housing including a second space, the second housing coupled to the first housing such that the second housing is slidable in a first direction, and a bendable member connected to the first housing. The bendable member is partially accommodated in the second space in a slid-in state and is at least partially coplanar to the first housing in a slid-out state. The electronic device includes a flexible display including a first portion disposed to be visible in the slid-in state and a second area extending from the first portion and accommodated in the second space through at least a portion of the bendable member, and a support assembly disposed to be oriented from the first housing toward the second space and configured to press the second housing in a slid-out direction.

Electronic device comprising display support structure

An electronic device may include a first housing including an antenna provided on a side surface thereof, a second housing configured to slide in a first direction to be drawn out of the first housing and to slide in a direction opposite to the first direction to be drawn into the first housing, a flexible display including a first side comprising a fixed portion and a second side provided to be drawn out of an inside of the first housing or drawn into the inside of the first housing according to an operation of the second housing, and a protective cover provided between the fixed portion and the first housing to contact at least a portion of an upper portion of the fixed portion. A first space may be provided between the protective cover and a side portion of the fixed portion.

Electronic device including protective cover for protecting flexible display

An electronic device includes a first housing including a first space and including a first support member. The device includes a second housing including a second space, including a second support member, and slidably combined with the first housing. The device includes a bendable member connected to the first housing, being at least partly accommodated in a second space in a slide-in state, and at least partly forming the same plane with the first housing in a slide-out state. The device includes a flexible display including a first part disposed to be seen from an outside in the slide-in state, and a second part not seen from the outside. The device includes at least one first antenna and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal. The first support member includes a non-overlapping part not overlapping the second support member in the slide-in state.

Electronic device including antenna arrangement

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yeonggyu Yoon