Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foldable display device
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Application No.: US15798890Application Date: 2017-10-31
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Publication No.: US10383239B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Ah-Ram Lee , Sung Chul Choi
- Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Yongin-si
- Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yongin-si
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0023606 20170222
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H05K5/00 ; H05K5/02 ; G09F9/30

Abstract:
A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel including a bendable area; and a first supporter including a first multi-joint member, a complex support unit, and a second multi-joint member consecutively arranged in a first direction, and supporting the bendable area, and the complex support unit includes: a flat support unit combined to the first multi-joint member and the second multi-joint member in a rotatable manner with respect to a combination axis in parallel to a second direction crossing the first direction; and a curved support unit neighboring the flat support unit in the second direction and combined to the first multi-joint member and the second multi-joint member such that a rising height of the curved support unit changes in a third direction according to a rotation state of the flat support unit relative to the first multi-joint member and the second multi-joint member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180242466A1 FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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