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Samsung patents sliding phone design with angled guide rails

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for an electronic device with a flexible display that slides between two housing sections. The design uses a multi-bar structure to support the screen and a guide rail with angled surfaces to control how the internal parts move.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests Samsung is exploring new mechanical ways to build sliding or extending screens, which could lead to different phone shapes in the future.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion, wherein the second housing portion is movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the first housing portion, a flexible display supported by the first housing portion and the second housing portion, a multi-bar structure configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display, and a guide rail a guide rail disposed in the housing and including a recess formed from an inner surface of the guide rail, wherein the recess is formed to guide a movement of the multi-bar structure, wherein at least a portion of the recess includes at least one inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the guide rail.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the second housing portion being movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the first housing portion; a flexible display supported by the first housing portion and the second housing portion; a multi-bar structure configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display; and a guide rail disposed in the housing and including a recess formed from an inner surface of the guide rail, the recess being formed to guide a movement of the multi-bar structure, wherein the recess includes at least one inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the guide rail.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME
Publication number
US20260333595A1
Application number
19458063
Filed
Jan 23, 2026
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
18

Classified under

H05K 5/0217 Electricity & electronics
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