Samsung patents flexible display protection for foldable phones
Samsung describes a foldable electronic device with a flexible screen that bends around a hinge. The design uses specific polymer and adhesive layers to protect the edges and back of the screen where it meets the housing.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing; a hinge assembly for rotatably coupling the first housing and the second housing; a flexible display; and a protective member comprising a polymer disposed on at least a portion of the periphery of the flexible display. The protective member may include a first protective member including a polymer disposed between the edge of the flexible display and a side wall of the housing, and a second protective member including an adhesive at least partially disposed between the rear surface of the flexible display and an inner wall of the housing.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a first housing; a second housing; a hinge assembly including a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing and rotatably coupling the first housing and the second housing; a flexible display including a first region corresponding to the first housing, a second region corresponding to the second housing, and a folding region corresponding to the hinge assembly and connecting the first region and the second region; and a protective member disposed on at least a portion of a periphery of the flexible display, wherein the protective member includes: a first protective member comprising a polymer disposed between an edge of the flexible display and a side wall of the first housing, and/or disposed between an edge of the flexible display and a side wall of the second housing; and a second protective member comprising an adhesive at least partially disposed between a rear surface of the flexible display and an inner wall of the first housing, and/or at least partially disposed between a rear surface of the flexible display ( 299, 300) and an inner wall of the second housing.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY
- Publication number
- US20260262181A1
- Application number
- 19654241
- Filed
- Apr 21, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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