Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Folding member and display device including the same
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Application No.: US16731481Application Date: 2019-12-31
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Publication No.: US10908638B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Seong Jin Hwang , Sang Hoon Kim , Min Hoon 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: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0050077 20190429
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract:
A display device includes a display panel including a folding area and non-folding areas respectively extending from the folding area along a first direction; and a folding member which is foldable together with the display panel, the folding member including: a film layer corresponding to each of the folding area and the non-folding areas of the display panel, the film layer defining a storage space in which a fluid is disposed; and a pair of roller members each in slidable contact with the film layer, each of the pair of roller members slidable along the first direction. Unfolding of the display device moves each of the pair of roller members along the first direction toward the folding area, and folding of the display device moves each of the pair of roller members along the first direction away from the folding area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200341508A1 FOLDING MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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