Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10061358-B2
Application number	US-201715473509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2017
Priority date	Jun 15, 2016
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body including a first body and a second body fastened to the first body, the second body separable from the first body, a flexible display including a first flexible display connected to the second body and located on a front surface of the body and a second flexible display connected to the first flexible display and located on a rear surface of the body, and a guide sheet positioned in a rear surface of the flexible display and providing the flexible display with an elastic force. At least a portion of the second flexible display is located on the front surface of the body when the second body is separated from the first body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a body, including a first body and a second body fastened to the first body in a first state, the second body separated from the first body to be in a second state;
a flexible display including:
a first flexible display connected to the second body and configured to display an image, the first flexible display located on a front surface of the body; and
a second flexible display connected to the first flexible display and located on at least one of a rear surface of the body or a lateral surface of the body; and

a guide sheet comprising:
a flat plate positioned at a rear surface of the flexible display; and
an elastic portion located at a rear side of the flat plate and providing the flexible display with an elastic force,

wherein at least a portion of the second flexible display is located on the front surface of the body when the second body is separated from the first body, and
wherein information is displayed on the at least a portion of the second flexible display in both the first and second states of the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the guide sheet further includes:
a plurality of guide blocks protruding from a rear surface of the flat plate in a rearward direction and disposed to be spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance;
a fixing pin passing through a central portion of the elastic portion and fastened to the rear surface of the flat plate; and
a fixing film laid on an end of the guide block.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the guide block is coupled to the fixing film.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of guide blocks is disposed in a longitudinal direction or a width direction of the flexible display.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the elastic portion has an arch plate shape.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a side guide disposed in an inner space of the first body and guiding a frame on which a plurality of electronic components is mounted,
wherein the frame includes a side rib that has a protruding side and is accommodated in the side guide, and a hook fixing the frame coupled to the first body.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the frame further includes a display pole that is fastened to an end of the guide sheet, wherein the guide sheet is connected to one of the frame and the body, wherein the guide sheet is connected to the guide sheet, wherein the guide sheet provides the guide sheet with an elastic force which prohibits a separation of the second body from the first body.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the display pole includes:
a pole connected to the frame;
a wire roller having an hollow portion into which the pole is inserted;
a spring, wherein an end of the spring is connected to one of the frame or the body or the pole, wherein an another end of the spring is connected to the wire roller; and
a wire, winding on the wire roller, wherein an end of the wire is connected to the wire roller, wherein an another end of the wire is connected to the guide sheet.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , further comprising:
a wire fixing portion disposed at one end of the flat plate and fastened to the wire; and
a fixing protrusion disposed at the other end of the flat plate and fastened to the second body.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a coupling protrusion of a protruding shape and a coupling groove, into which the coupling protrusion is inserted, are respectively formed at contact sides of the first body and the second body.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the coupling protrusion and the coupling groove includes a magnetic material.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the flexible display includes a display surface in a side direction of the mobile terminal when the second body is fastened to the first body.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to change the flexible display from one of a landscape mode and a portrait mode to the other depending on a separation of the first and second bodies.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to change an aspect ratio of an image displayed on the flexible display depending on a separation of the first and second bodies.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the flexible display stays in one of states including a first state and a second state, wherein a portion of the flexible display is accommodated in the first body in the first state, wherein the portion of the flexible display is located outside the first body when the second body is separated from the first body.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:
a body including a first body and a second body separable from the first body;
a flexible display configured to be in one of states including a first state, in which a portion of the flexible display is accommodated in the first body, and a second state, in which the portion of the flexible display is extended to outside of the first body when the first and second bodies are separated; and
a guide sheet supporting the flexible display at a rear surface of the flexible display,
wherein a display surface of the flexible display is positioned in a forward direction and a rearward direction of the body in the first state, and the display surface of the flexible display is positioned only in the forward direction of the body in the second state, the display surface displaying an image in both the first and second states, and
wherein the guide sheet includes a flat plate contacting the rear surface of the flexible display and an elastic portion providing an elastic force in the forward direction of the body at a rear surface of the flat plate.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein at least a portion of the flexible display further includes a display surface in a side direction of the mobile terminal in at least one of the first state and the second state.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , further comprising a controller configured to change the flexible display from one of a landscape mode and a portrait mode to the other depending on a state change of the flexible display.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , further comprising a controller configured to change an aspect ratio of an image displayed on the flexible display depending on a state change of the flexible display.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Lg Electronics

Inventors

• Lee Haklim
• Han Jongbeom

Classifications

• H04M1/0268 Primary

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G09G5/005

  Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal · CPC title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title

• G06F1/1624

  with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display · CPC title