Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinge device and foldable display apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 铰链装置及其可折叠显示装置
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Application No.: US14461560Application Date: 2014-08-18
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Publication No.: US09250733B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Sang-chul Lee , Sang-il Park , Sang-wol Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0017606 20140217
- Main IPC: E05D3/06
- IPC: E05D3/06 ; G06F3/041 ; H04M1/02

Abstract:
A foldable display apparatus is provided. The foldable display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, first body configured to support a left portion of a flexible display panel, and second body configured to support a right portion of the flexible display panel, first and second frames configured to surround portions of outlines of the first and second bodies, a hinge member configured to hinge-connect the first and second frames with each other in a foldable manner, and first and second supports having sides hinge-connected to the first and second frames, and configured to form an accommodation space in which a folded portion of the flexible display panel is folded to form a curvature at a first position at which the first and second bodies are folded, and to support the folded portion of the flexible display panel at a second position at which the first and second bodies are unfolded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150233162A1 HINGE DEVICE AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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