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US 10,347,160 · App. 15/015,412 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Electronic apparatus having rollable display device

Inventors: Toshikazu Takayanagi (Suwon-si, KR); Chang-bong Shin (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G09F9/301G06F1/1601G06F1/1652G09F11/29G06F2200/1612
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Patent No.
US 10,347,160
App. No.
15/015,412
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first body and a second body configured to move with respect to each other, a rollable display, a roller rotatably supported in the first body, wherein a first end portion of the rollable display is fixed to the roller and the rollable display is wound around an outer circumference of the roller, and a tensile force application portion configured to apply an elastic force to the roller to rotate in a direction to wind the display, the tensile force application portion rotating with the roller, in which, as the first body and second body move with respect to each other, the rollable display is wound around the roller to be accommodated in the first body or is released from the roller to expanding between the first body and the second body in a length direction.

Claims (84)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first body and a second body configured to move with respect to each other;

a rollable display;

a roller rotatably supported in the first body; and

a tensile force application portion,

wherein a first end portion of the rollable display is fixed to the roller and the rollable display is wound around an outer circumference of the roller,

wherein the tensile force application portion is configured to:

apply an elastic force to the roller to rotate in a direction to wind the rollable display,

rotate with the roller, and

control the elastic force applied to the roller according to a distance between the first body and the second body to reduce a change in tensile force being applied to the rollable display,

wherein, when the first body and the second body move with respect to each other, the rollable display is:

wound around the roller to be accommodated in the first body, or

unwound from the roller to expand between the first body and the second body in a length direction, and

wherein the tensile force application portion comprises:

a rotation support member rotated by being connected to a support member comprising a plurality of segmented links sequentially connected to be relatively pivotable in the length direction, and

a torsion spring having a first end portion connected to the roller and a second end portion connected to the rotation support member.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tensile force application portion is further configured to rotate in proportion to an expansion distance of the rollable display.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the support member is accommodated in the first body with the rollable display and expands from the first body to support the rollable display, and

wherein the tensile force application portion rotates by being connected to the support member.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a sprocket rotatably provided in the first body to move the support member,

wherein the rotation support member rotates by being connected to the sprocket.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

a motor configured to rotate the sprocket.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller configured to control the rollable display; and

a flexible connection member comprising:

a spiral portion that is spirally wound multiple times,

a first connection portion extending from the spiral portion and connected to a terminal portion of the rollable display, and

a second connection portion extending from the spiral portion and connected to the controller.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a number of windings of the spiral portion is equal to or greater than a maximum winding number of the rollable display around the roller.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a winding direction of the spiral portion is the same as a winding direction of the rollable display around the roller.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sub-body facing the first body with respect to the second body and configured to move with respect to the second body, wherein the sub-body comprises:

a sub-body roller rotatably supported in the sub-body, and

a sub-body tensile force application portion,

wherein a second end of the rollable display is fixed to the sub-body roller and the rollable display is wound around an outer circumference of the sub-body roller, and

wherein the sub-body tensile force application portion is configured to:

apply an elastic force to the sub-body roller to rotate in a direction to wind the rollable display, and

rotate with the sub-body tensile roller.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first body and a second body configured to move with respect to each other;

a rollable display;

a roller rotatably supported in the first body; and

a tensile force application portion,

wherein a first end portion of the rollable display is fixed to the roller and the rollable display is wound around an outer circumference of the roller,

wherein the tensile force application portion is configured to:

apply an elastic force to the roller to rotate in a direction to wind the rollable display,

rotate with the roller, and

control the elastic force applied to the roller according to a distance between the first body and the second body,

wherein, when the first body and the second body move with respect to each other, the rollable display is:

wound around the roller to be accommodated in the first body, or

unwound from the roller to expand between the first body and the second body in a length direction,

wherein the tensile force application portion is further configured to rotate in proportion to an expansion distance of the rollable display, and

wherein the tensile force application portion comprises:

a rotation support member supported on the first body and configured to be rotatable in proportion to the expansion distance of the rollable display, and

a torsion spring having a first end portion connected to the roller and a second end portion connected to the rotation support member.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a motor configured to rotate the rotation support member in proportion to the expansion distance of the rollable display.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a motor configured to move the first body with respect to the second body,

wherein the rotation support member is rotated by the motor.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first body and a second body configured to move with respect to each other;

a roller rotatably supported in the first body;

a rollable display wound around the roller;

a torsion spring having a first end connected to the roller; and

a rotation support member,

wherein, when the first body and the second body move with respect to each other,

the rollable display being wound around the roller to be accommodated in the first body or unwound from the roller to expand between the first body and the second body in a length direction, and

the torsion spring controls an elastic force applied to the roller according to a distance between the first body and the second body, and

wherein a second end of the torsion spring is connected to the rotation support member and the rotation support member is supported in the first body to be rotatable in proportion to an expansion distance of the rollable display.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:

a motor configured to rotate the rotation support member in proportion to the expansion distance of the rollable display.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:

a support member comprising a plurality of segmented links sequentially connected to be relatively pivotable in the length direction,

wherein the support member is accommodated in the first body with the rollable display and expands from the first body to support the rollable display, and

wherein the rotation support member rotates by being connected to the support member.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising:

a sprocket rotatably provided in the first body to move the support member,

wherein the rotation support member rotates by being connected to the sprocket.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:

a motor configured to rotate the sprocket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2016
From: TAKAYANAGI, TOSHIKAZU; SHIN, CHANG-BONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0120540 · Aug 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62155033 · Apr 30, 2015
Related Publication 20160324021A1 · Nov 3, 2016
Cited By (2)
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