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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Sungho Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;

Youngseong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Sungmin Hong, Suwon-si, KR;

Jooyoung Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Yangwook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Gyeongtae Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/148 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10128 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10159 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a base housing, a sliding housing at least partially overlapping the base housing and slidably coupled to the base housing, a folding housing least partially overlapping the base housing and connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, at least part of the display being located inside the base housing, a rolling module comprising a rollable support coupled to a rear surface of the display and having one side connected to the sliding housing and an opposite side extending into an inner space of the base housing, and a hinge module comprising a hinge connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing wherein the sliding housing is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the folding housing is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation. The electronic device is configured to be capable of performing a sliding motion in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display area of the electronic device and a folding motion in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold part of the display area.


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