# US 11,116,086 B2 · Electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,116,086 B2 - Document ID: US11116086B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/794,921 - Filed: 2020-02-19 - Published: 2020-10-01 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-01 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: TaeHyun Kim; Donghwan Shim; Seungmin Lee; Sunhee Lee; Jonghyun Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11116086B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/165: {the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a first surface portion, a second surface portion, and a third surface portion which is disposed between the first surface portion and the second surface portion. The electronic apparatus operates in one of a first mode and a second mode. When the electronic apparatus operates in the first mode, the third surface portion is bent from the first surface portion, and the second surface portion is bent from the third surface portion. When the electronic apparatus operates in the second mode, the first surface portion, the second surface portion, and the third surface portion are substantially parallel to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a display panel comprising a first surface portion, a second surface portion, a third surface portion and a fourth surface portion, the third and fourth surface portions are disposed between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, wherein each of the first surface portion, the second surface portion, the third surface portion, and the fourth surface portion displays an image; and a window disposed on the display panel, wherein the display panel operates in one of a first mode and a second mode, in the first mode, the third surface portion and the fourth surface portion are bent from the first surface portion and are orthogonal to each other, and the second surface portion is bent from the third surface portion and the fourth surface portion, and in the second mode, the first surface portion, the second surface portion, and the third surface portion are substantially parallel to each other while the fourth surface portion maintains a bent state from the first surface portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises fifth and sixth surface portions each extending from the first surface portion, and in the first mode and the second mode, the fourth to sixth surface portions maintain a bent state from the first surface portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a bracket disposed below the display panel to support a portion of the display panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein the bracket supports the first surface portion and the fourth to sixth surface portions and does not support the third surface portion and the second surface portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a housing which provides an exterior of the electronic apparatus in conjunction with the window, wherein the housing supports and contacts the second surface portion and the third surface portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein in the first mode, a side surface of the housing and a portion of a rear surface of the housing are covered by the display panel, and in the second mode, the side surface of the housing and the portion of the rear surface of the housing are exposed to an outside. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein an accommodation groove is defined in a rear surface of the housing, and in the first mode, the second surface portion of the display panel is accommodated in the accommodation groove. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a holder attached to the housing or the second surface portion, and which fixes the second surface portion to the housing in the first mode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a connection port disposed at a side surface of the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic apparatus of claim 9, wherein in the first mode, the connection port is covered by the third surface portion, and in the second mode, the connection port is exposed to an outside. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic apparatus of claim 9, wherein the connection port comprises a USB port, an earphone port, or a microphone port. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a hinge fixed to a side surface of the housing, and which supports the third surface portion in the first mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a reinforcing portion attached to a lower portion of each of the second surface portion and the third surface portion to support the second surface portion and the third surface portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic apparatus of claim 13, wherein the reinforcing portion has rigidity greater than rigidity of the display panel. ### Claim 15 An electronic apparatus comprising: a display panel comprising a first surface portion, third to sixth surface portions bent and extending from four sides of the first surface portion, respectively, and a second surface portion bent and extending from the third surface portion, wherein each of the first surface portion, the third to sixth surface portions, and the second surface portion displays an image; a window disposed on the display panel; a bracket which supports the display panel; and a housing which provides an exterior of the electronic apparatus in conjunction with the window, wherein the display panel is bent at five places or more. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first surface portion and the second surface portion face each other and are substantially parallel to each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the display panel further comprises a module hole passing through the second surface portion, and the module hole is surrounded by an area which displays the image in the second surface portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic apparatus of claim 17, further comprising an electronic module disposed between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, overlapping the module hole in a direction that the module hole passes through the second surface portion, and which receives an external input or provide a signal to an outside through the module hole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The electronic apparatus of claim 15, wherein the display panel further comprises a module hole passing through at least one of the third to sixth surface portions, and the module hole is surrounded by an area which displays the image in the at least one of the third to sixth surface portions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic apparatus of claim 19, further comprising an electronic module disposed below the first surface portion, overlapping the module hole in a direction that the module hole passes through the at least one of the third to sixth surface portions, and which receives an external input or provide a signal to an outside through the module hole.