US 12,169,424 B2
Electronic device including protective cover for protecting flexible display
Moonchul Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Youngmin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonggyu Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Joongyeon Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Jungyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Myunghoon Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); and Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,294.
Application 17/903,294 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011518, filed on Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0163056 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0161385 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing including a bracket housing and a cover housing;
a second housing configured to slide to be at least partially drawn into and out of the first housing;
a flexible display configured to be drawn out of an inside of the second housing based on sliding-out movement of the second housing and/or drawn into the inside of the second housing based on sliding-in movement of the second housing, an edge area of the flexible display comprising a fixed portion fixed to the bracket housing of the first housing and a first curved portion including a curved surface; and
a protective cover provided between at least a portion of the edge area of the flexible display and the cover housing of the first housing, and configured to press the at least portion of the edge area of the flexible display towards the bracket housing of the first housing to protect the at least portion of the edge area of the flexible display.