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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jonghae Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a first housing; a second housing slidably combined with the first housing; a display fixed at least in part to the second housing and having an visible display area increasing or decreasing in response to a sliding of the second housing, wherein the visible display area is a portion viewed from an outside of the electronic device; and a support structure having a bendable structure, supporting at least a portion of the display, and moving in response to the sliding of the second housing, the support structure comprising one or more support members, and guide rail, wherein each one of the one or more the support members include: a base member extending in a first direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the second housing and arranged along the sliding direction, and connected to the guide rail, wherein the guide rail guides the movement of the base member; a moving member formed in a shape corresponding at least in part to a receiving groove formed in the base member and inserted at least in part into the receiving groove, and a fixing member fixing the base member and the moving member to the display.