Patent ID: 7426107
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a housing configured with a receiving space and having a front wall, said front wall having opposite first and second lateral sides and being formed with an elongate vertical slot that is in spatial communication with said receiving space and that is disposed adjacent to said first lateral side of said front wall, said front wall being formed with an outer surface having a rectangular window area; a panel-mounting frame movable along said outer surface of said front wall of said housing in a horizontal direction between a normal position, where said panel-mounting frame is fully located in said window area of said outer surface of said front wall of said housing, and an extended position, where a part of said panel-mounting frame extends outwardly from said window area of said outer surface of said front wall of said housing; an elongate guide roller journalled in said receiving space and disposed parallel and adjacent to said vertical slot in said front wall; a flexible display panel having a normal display end section fitted in said panel-mounting frame, a coupling end section opposite to said normal display end section and disposed in said receiving space, and an intermediate extended display section interconnecting said normal display end section and said coupling end section, extending through said vertical slot in said front wall and guided around said guide roller; a biasing unit including a torsion spring disposed in said housing and fastened to said coupling end section of said flexible display panel for biasing said intermediate extended display section to move into said receiving space in said housing; and a positioning unit provided on said panel-mounting frame and said housing for positioning said panel-mounting frame at the normal position and the extended position; said normal display end section of said flexible display panel serving as a normal display area configured to display an image thereon when said panel-mounting frame is positioned at the normal position, said intermediate extended display section of said flexible display panel extending into said window area of said outer surface of said front wall of said housing when said panel-mounting frame is positioned at the extended position such that said normal display end section and said intermediate extended display section of said flexible display panel serve as an enlarged display area configured to display an image thereon.