Electronic devices with translating flexible display and corresponding methods
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsJun Hee Lee, Wayne G Morrison, Daniel P Groebe, Nigil George Valikodath, Alberto R Cavallaro
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a flexible display and a device housing that defines a translation surface for the flexible display. A blade assembly is positioned between the flexible display and the translation surface. A rotor is positioned within a curvilinear section of the blade assembly and flexible display. A translation mechanism translates the blade assembly and flexible display between an extended position, a retracted position, and a peek position revealing an image capture device.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing;
- and
- a blade assembly comprising a blade substrate, carrying a blade, slidably coupled to the device housing, and wrapping around three exterior sides of the device housing;
- wherein the blade assembly is operable to slidably transition between:
- an extended position where the blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing;
- and
- a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface of the device housing without the blade extending beyond the edge of the device housing.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing defining front side and a rear side;
- and
- a blade assembly comprising a blade substrate supporting a flexible display;
- wherein the blade assembly is operable to slidably transition between:
- an extended position where a blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing;
- a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface on the front side of the device housing without extending beyond the edge of the device housing;
- the blade substrate defines a flexible section separating a rigid header section of the blade substrate and a rigid section of the blade substrate;
- and
- the flexible display is exposed along at least some of the front side and the rear side both when the blade assembly is in the extended position and when the blade assembly is in the retracted position.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a device housing;
- and
- a blade assembly comprising a blade substrate;
- wherein the blade assembly is operable to slidably transition symmetrically in opposite directions around two exterior major surfaces of the device housing between:
- an extended position where a blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing;
- a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface of the device housing;
- and
- the blade substrate defines one or more apertures chemically etched in a flexible section separating a rigid header section and a rigid section, the one or more apertures configured as one or more partial ribs that extend distally across the flexible section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.