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Samsung patents flexible phone that switches battery connections

Samsung describes an electronic device with a flexible screen and a motor that moves part of the display. The device uses multiple batteries connected in series or parallel, with a processor that switches between these setups based on specific events.

Why it mattersThis design could help devices manage power more efficiently by adjusting how batteries are linked during different uses.

In the filing’s own words

A method and an electronic device including a flexible display are provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of batteries, a flexible display, a motor configured to drive at least a portion of the flexible display to move, motor driving circuitry connected to the motor, switch circuitry including a plurality of switches, configured to switch between a first state connecting the plurality of batteries in series and a second state connecting the plurality of batteries in parallel, memory including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to identify an event for switching an electrical connection state of the plurality of batteries, and, based on the identified event, control the switch circuitry to switch the electrical connection state from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a plurality of batteries; a flexible display; a motor configured to drive at least a portion of the flexible display to move; motor driving circuitry connected to the motor; switch circuitry including a plurality of switches, configured to switch between a first state connecting the plurality of batteries in series and a second state connecting the plurality of batteries in parallel; memory comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify an event for switching an electrical connection state of the plurality of batteries, and based on the identified event, control the switch circuitry to switch the electrical connection state from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY
Publication number
US20260281222A1
Application number
19670285
Filed
May 7, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
20

Classified under

H04M 1/0268 Electricity & electronicsH04M 1/0262 Electricity & electronics
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