Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible display device with stoppable hinge
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Application No.: US15304885Application Date: 2015-04-20
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Publication No.: US09910458B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Noriko Watanabe , Akiko Itoh
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai
- Agency: Keating and Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-090073 20140424
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/061953 WO 20150420
- International Announcement: WO2015/163272 WO 20151029
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H04M1/02 ; G02F1/1333 ; E05D3/00

Abstract:
A display device 10 includes a flexible display panel having a display surface 11a and flexibility, display support portions 12 supporting the flexible display panel from a side opposite to the display surface 11a side, a hinge portion 13 supporting the two adjacent display support portions 12 to be rotatable, and an angle restricting portion 18 mounted on each of hinge parts 15, 16 and including at least a stopper projection 19 and a stopper hole 20 that are stopped by each other when an angle formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 reaches a predetermined value, the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 being rotated according to bending of the flexible display panel 11 from the flat state and the angle being formed by the two adjacent display supporting portions 12 that are rotated, and the angle restricting portion 18 restricting the angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170192460A1 DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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