# US 2023/0276584 A1 · Electronic device comprising flexible display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0276584 A1 - Document ID: US20230276584A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/144,126 - Filed: 2023-05-05 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-05 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minsu JUNG; Jongchul CHOI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230276584A1 ## CPC - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - H05K 5/0217: {Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03)} - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can comprise: a housing forming at least a part of the exterior of the electronic device; a rear cover forming the rear surface of the electronic device; a display module loaded on the housing, the display module comprising a bracket including a rotary driving unit and a rear surface, a slide guide arranged on the bracket so as to be movable with respect to the rotary driving unit, and a flexible display arranged to encompass a part of an upper surface of the slide guide, the rotary driving unit, and the rear surface of the bracket; and a battery arranged inside the housing and arranged between the rear cover and a region of the flexible display encompassing the rear surface of the bracket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing defining at least a portion of an exterior of the electronic device; a rear surface cover defining a rear surface of the electronic device; a display module seated in the housing, the display module comprising: a bracket comprising a rotary drive portion and a rear surface, a slide guide disposed on the bracket to be movable with respect to the rotary drive portion, and a flexible display disposed to surround a top surface of the slide guide, the rotary drive portion, and a portion of the rear surface of the bracket; and a battery disposed between the rear surface cover and an area of the flexible display that surrounds the rear surface of the bracket within the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one electronic component of the electronic device that comprises the battery is disposed between the rear surface cover and the area of the flexible display that surrounds the rear surface of the bracket. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a top surface facing a first direction and the rear surface faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the flexible display surrounds the top surface of the slide guide that faces the first direction, an outer surface of the rotary drive portion, and the portion of the rear surface of the bracket that faces the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a slide portion located adjacent to the rotary drive portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the rotary drive portion has a cylindrical shape and the slide part has a flat plate shape, and the cylindrical shape of the rotary drive portion has a diameter greater than a thickness of the slide portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein a first edge of the slide portion adjacent to the rotary drive portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of another edge of the slide portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the slide portion comprises at least one guide groove configured to guide movement of the slide guide. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the display module further comprises: a main gear configured to be coupled to a side surface of the rotary drive portion; at least one auxiliary gear configured to be coupled to a side surface of the slide portion; a main gear cover configured to fix the main gear to the bracket; and an auxiliary gear cover configured to fix the at least one auxiliary gear to the bracket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the display module further comprises multiple bars configured to support the flexible display and to guide movement of the flexible display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein a bump is disposed at an end of each of the multiple bars. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein teeth of the main gear and teeth of the at least one auxiliary gear are disposed to be engaged with each of the bumps. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein each bump has an oval shape or capsule shape, and areas of a respective bump adjacent to the teeth of the main gear and the teeth of the at least one auxiliary gear have a curved shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein a protruding height of a respective bump from the end of each of the multiple bars is greater than a thickness of the main gear and a thickness of the at least one auxiliary gear. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein each of the main gear cover and the auxiliary gear cover comprises at least one bent portion at an outer periphery thereof, and the at least one bent portion has a shape bent to restrain each of the bumps. ### Claim 15 An electronic device comprising: a housing defining at least a portion of an exterior of the electronic device; a rear surface cover defining a rear surface of the electronic device; a display module seated in the housing, the display module comprising: a bracket comprising a rotary drive portion and a rear surface, a slide guide disposed on the bracket to be movable with respect to the rotary drive portion, a flexible display disposed to surround the top surface of the slide guide, the rotary drive portion, and a portion of the rear surface of the bracket, the flexible display comprising an inner surface, and multiple bars attached to the inner surface of the flexible display to support the flexible display, the multiple bars configured to guide movement of the flexible display; a printed circuit board disposed between the rear surface cover and an area of the flexible display that surrounds the rear surface of the bracket within the housing; and at least one gear disposed on a side surface of the bracket, wherein teeth of the at least one gear are engaged with a bump disposed on each of the multiple bars to drive the display module.