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Granted Patent B2
US 12,177,994 · App. 17/830,421 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Electronic device

Inventors: Prushinskiy Valeriy (Suwon-si, KR); Minwoo Yoo (Suwon-si, KR); Hyungsok Yeo (Suwon-si, KR); Changryong Heo (Suwon-si, KR); Seonho Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H05K5/0217H05K5/0017
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Patent No.
US 12,177,994
App. No.
17/830,421
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a display, a first housing including an upper cover, a lower cover, a first side cover configured to connect the upper cover and the lower cover, and a pair of second side covers configured to connect the upper cover, the lower cover, and the first side cover, a first roller disposed adjacent to the first side cover and configured to wind the display, a second housing connected to the display, and a moving structure disposed opposite to the first side cover and configured to move the second housing from the first housing.

Claims (54)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a first housing comprising:

an upper cover,

a lower cover,

a first side cover configured to connect the upper cover and the lower cover, and

a pair of second side covers configured to connect the upper cover, the lower cover, and the first side cover;

a first roller disposed adjacent to the first side cover and configured to wind the display;

a second housing connected to the display; and

a moving structure disposed in the second housing opposite of the display to the first side cover and configured to move the second housing in relation to the first housing, the moving structure comprises a second roller including:

a plate configured to:

push the lower cover of the first housing, and

come into face-to-face contact with the lower cover of the first housing; and

a shaft disposed in the second housing around which the plate is wound.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a winding direction of the display is a same direction as a winding direction of the plate.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second housing comprises:

a support configured to support the display; and

a slider connected to the support and configured to slide from the first housing by the moving structure.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the moving structure comprises a folding member, and

the folding member comprises:

a first end secured to the second housing;

a second end releasably connected to the first housing; and

an extension configured to extend between the first end and the second end.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a first housing comprising:

an upper cover,

a lower cover,

a first side cover configured to connect the upper cover and the lower cover, and

a pair of second side covers configured to connect the upper cover, the lower cover, and the first side cover;

a first roller disposed adjacent to the first side cover and configured to wind the display;

a second housing connected to the display;

a second roller disposed in the second housing opposite of the display to the first side cover and configured to move the second housing in relation to the first housing,

wherein the second roller comprises:

a plate configured to:

push the lower cover of the first housing, and

come into face-to-face contact with the lower cover of the first housing; and

a shaft installed in the second housing around which the plate is wound.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a first housing comprising:

an upper cover,

a lower cover,

a first side cover configured to connect the upper cover and the lower cover, and

a pair of second side covers configured to connect the upper cover, the lower cover, and the first side cover;

a first roller disposed adjacent to the first side cover and configured to wind the display;

a second housing connected to the display; and

a second roller disposed in the first housing to be spaced apart from the first side cover and configured to move the second housing in relation to the first housing,

wherein the second roller comprises:

a plate configured to:

push the second housing, and

come into face-to-face contact with the second housing; and

a shaft disposed in the first housing around which the plate is wound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: VALERIY, PRUSHINSKIY; YOO, MINWOO; YEO, HYUNGSOK; HEO, CHANGRYONG; HWANG, SEONHO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060079/0014 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0166469 · Dec 2, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0013071 · Jan 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021018084 · Dec 2, 2021
Related Publication 20220295651A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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