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Samsung patents phone with moving screen and internal pushers

Samsung has filed a patent for an electronic device with a sliding housing that changes the visible size of its screen. The design includes internal mechanical parts with small motors that push against the curved edges of the display to support it.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests Samsung is exploring new ways to make phones larger or more flexible by using mechanical components to manage the stress on curved screens.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being configured to movably engage with the first housing between a retracted position and an extended position, a display assembly coupled to the first housing and the second housing, wherein a size of an area of the display assembly visible from a front side of the housing changes as the second housing moves between the retracted position and the extended position, wherein the display assembly includes (i) an extended portion that is exposed in the extended position and obscured in the retracted position, and (ii) a fixed portion connected to the extended portion, the fixed portion being fixedly exposed, a first case disposed toward one side of the housing, the first case including a case groove, and a structure disposed within the case groove, the structure being disposed toward at least a portion of a display curved area of the display assembly, wherein the structure includes a structure substrate located within the case groove, a support structure disposed toward one side of the structure substrate, and a plurality of actuators at least partially disposed on the structure substrate, the plurality of actuators being configured to move the support structure in a first direction toward the display curved area or in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the second housing being configured to movably engage with the first housing between a retracted position and an extended position; a display assembly coupled to the first housing and the second housing, wherein a size of an area of the display assembly visible from a front side of the housing changes as the second housing moves between the retracted position and the extended position, wherein the display assembly includes (i) an extended portion that is exposed in the extended position and obscured in the retracted position, and (ii) a fixed portion connected to the extended portion, the fixed portion being fixedly exposed; a first case disposed toward one side of the housing, the first case including a case groove; and a structure disposed within the case groove, the structure being disposed toward at least a portion of a display curved area of the display assembly, wherein the structure includes: a structure substrate located within the case groove, a support structure disposed toward one side of the structure substrate, and a plurality of actuators at least partially disposed on the structure substrate, the plurality of actuators being configured to move the support structure in a first direction toward the display curved area or a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Publication number
US20260281219A1
Application number
19682995
Filed
May 20, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04M 1/0237 Electricity & electronicsG06F 1/1656 Physics & computingG06F 1/305 Physics & computingH04M 1/0268 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/0277 Electricity & electronics
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