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Samsung patents slider phone with flexible screen that slides out

Samsung describes an electronic device where a flexible screen is housed inside a slider mechanism. When the slider is pulled out, the screen expands to show a larger display area, and when pushed back in, the extra screen hides inside the housing.

Why it mattersThis design offers a way to get a larger screen on a handheld device without making the phone permanently bulky, similar to old slider phones but with modern flexible technology.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure discloses an electronic device including a flexible display having an expandable display area. The disclosed electronic device may include: a housing including a first cover disposed to face a first direction, a second cover disposed to face a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member enclosing at least part of a space between the first and second covers; a slider to be inserted or withdrawn by being disposed to at least part of an area of the first cover of the housing; a flexible display disposed in the slider such that at least part thereof is exposed, and disposed to allow a display area to be expanded according to the withdrawing of the slider and allow the expanded display area to be hidden inside the housing; and a support body mounted closely in contact on a bottom face of the flexible display, supporting the expanded display area as a prop when the slider is withdrawn, and disposed to be housed inside the housing together with the expanded display area when the slider is inserted.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a main body; a slider slidably moved to the main body, wherein the slider is at least partially inserted to the main body and is at least partially withdrawn from the main body; a flexible display comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is exposed when the slider is fully inserted to the main body, and wherein the second area of the flexible display is inserted to the main body when the slider is fully inserted to the main body; a flexible support member disposed at a bottom face of the flexible display; and a smoothness maintaining device comprising a wire coupled to the flexible support member, wherein a first end of the wire is connected to a third end of the flexible support member and a second end of the wire is connected to a fourth end of the flexible support member.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Electronic device comprising flexible display having expandable display area
Patent number
US12730483B2
Application number
18654402
Filed
May 3, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
15

Classified under

G06F 1/1675 Physics & computingG06F 1/1626 Physics & computingG06F 1/1652 Physics & computingG09F 9/301 Physics & computingH04M 1/0268 Electricity & electronics
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