Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foldable display device
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Application No.: US15657529Application Date: 2017-07-24
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Publication No.: US10347852B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Man Sik Myeong , Ah-Ram Lee , In Seo Kee , Han Sun Ryou , Sung Chul Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Innovation Counsel LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0153904 20161118
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H01L51/00 ; H04M1/02 ; H01L27/32

Abstract:
A display device for reducing a stress applied to a display panel in a folded state is provided. The display device includes a display panel and a panel support portion. The display panel includes a bendable area. The panel support portion is combined to the display panel and includes a multi-joint member supporting the bendable area. The multi-joint member includes joint portions that are sequentially arranged, and a sliding member passing through the joint portions and moving inside the panel support portion. The sliding member includes a plate portion for arranging the joint portions, and a hook-shaped portion connected to a side of the plate portion and arranging the joint portions in a circular arc shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180145269A1 FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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