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公开(公告)号:US11892881B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17888575
申请日:2022-08-16
Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. , AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sung Sang Ahn , Hyun Min Park , Tae An Seo , Tae Hoon Yang
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1624 , G06F1/1656
Abstract: A display device includes: a bendable display panel including a flat area and bendable areas; and a support module disposed on the display panel, wherein the support module supports the display panel, wherein the support module includes a support plate and joints, wherein the support plate overlaps the flat area and the bendable areas and includes lattice pattern areas including lattice patterns, and wherein the joints are disposed on the support plate, are disposed to overlap with the bendable areas, and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Each of the joints has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is disposed on the support plate, and the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and a width of each of the top surfaces of the joints is less than a width of each of the bottom surfaces of the joints.
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公开(公告)号:US11831796B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17582203
申请日:2022-01-24
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
CPC classification number: H04M1/0268 , E05D3/18 , E05D5/06 , E05D7/00 , G06F1/16 , G09F9/30 , H04M1/0216 , E05Y2900/606
Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.
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公开(公告)号:US11265408B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-01
申请号:US17071141
申请日:2020-10-15
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.
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公开(公告)号:US11516324B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US17257648
申请日:2019-07-05
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: A hinge structure for a mobile communication terminal that is foldable in two opposite directions is provided. The hinge structure for a mobile communication terminal having a flexible display panel installed therein is foldable inward and outward in a fully unfolded state such that the flexible display panel is disposed inside and outside and a screen on which an image such as a moving image is displayed is invisibly disposed inside or visibly disposed outside in a state in which the mobile communication terminal is folded.
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公开(公告)号:US11596074B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17049703
申请日:2019-04-25
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: Provided is an in-folding type hinge structure having a flexible display panel installed therein in a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in a pair of panel portions which are foldably connected to each other, in which a stable folding operation can be performed while the panel portions are being folded or unfolded and the panel portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the panel portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the panel portions can be prevented.
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公开(公告)号:US20220150339A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-12
申请号:US17582203
申请日:2022-01-24
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.
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公开(公告)号:US10855824B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
申请号:US16340815
申请日:2017-10-11
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: In a mobile communication terminal in which a flexible display panel is provided in two body portions which are foldably connected to each other, a plurality of rotation supports are provided in a central joint that connects the two body portions and two sliding panels sliding in the respective body portions together and the rotation supports are directly connected to the two body portions to support rotation of the body portions such that the body portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two body portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two body portions is prevented.
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公开(公告)号:US12204376B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US18400299
申请日:2023-12-29
Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. , AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sung Sang Ahn , Hyun Min Park , Tae An Seo , Tae Hoon Yang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A display device includes: a bendable display panel including a flat area and bendable areas; and a support module disposed on the display panel, wherein the support module supports the display panel, wherein the support module includes a support plate and joints, wherein the support plate overlaps the flat area and the bendable areas and includes lattice pattern areas including lattice patterns, and wherein the joints are disposed on the support plate, are disposed to overlap with the bendable areas, and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. Each of the joints has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is disposed on the support plate, and the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and a width of each of the top surfaces of the joints is less than a width of each of the bottom surfaces of the joints.
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公开(公告)号:US11616866B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US17271341
申请日:2019-08-29
Applicant: AUFLEX CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyun Min Park , Seoung Jun Lee
Abstract: An in-folding type hinge structure having a flexible display panel installed thereon for a mobile communication terminal is provided. In the in-folding type hinge structure, a flexible display panel is provided in two panel portions which are foldably connected to each other, in which folding units can perform a stable folding operation while the two panel portions are being folded or unfolded and the two panel portions are supported such that the panel portions do not rotate over 180 degrees when the two panel portions are fully unfolded, whereby damage of the flexible display panel provided on the surfaces of the two panel portions can be prevented.
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