US 11,910,541 B2Granted

Flexible display with display support

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsRobert Sjang Josine Van Dijk, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Rik Kruidhof

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Abstract

A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.

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Dependent claims

A display device comprising:

a flexible display comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion;
a first display support supporting the first portion of the flexible display;
a second display support supporting the second portion of the flexible display;
and
a flexible support continuously supporting the third portion of the flexible display in a closed position and an open position;
wherein the flexible support comprises a plurality of rods supporting the third portion of the flexible display,
wherein the first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected to a first hinge and a second hinge, respectively,
wherein when the flexible display is in the open position, the flexible display is contacted and supported by the first display support, the second display support and the flexible support, and
wherein, when the flexible display is in the open position, the plurality of rods are positioned under a surface of the third portion of the flexible display and over both the first hinge and the second hinge.

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Facts

Application: 17/843,753Filed 17 Jun 2022 · continuation
Priority: 11 Jul 2011
Published: US 2022/0322543 A16 Oct 2022
Granted: 20 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04M 1/022
Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge: the hinge comprising two parallel pivoting axes
G06F 1/1652
Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing: the display being flexible,…
G06F 1/1681
Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts: details related solely to hinges
G09F 9/301
In which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements: flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g.…

Family

Application61/506,177Us provisional application · filed 11 Jul 2011
Application13/545,872Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2012
Application14/956,323Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Dec 2015
US 9,235,239 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jan 2016
US 2022/0322543 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Oct 2022
US 11,406,026 B2Parent of this continuation
US 11,369,026 B2Related patent
US 2013/0021762 A1Published application
US 2016/0143162 A1Published application
US 11,910,541 B2This patent

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