Driving assembly to curve display module and display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsJaesang Lee, Sojeong La, Luly Lee
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Abstract
A display device includes: a display module including a display panel which displays an image; a main driving unit on a side of the display module; a first auxiliary driving assembly hinge-connected to a first side of the main driving unit; and a second auxiliary driving assembly hinge-connected to a second side of the main driving unit opposite to the first side thereof. The main driving unit includes: a fixing bracket attached to the side of the display module; a first main actuator hinge-connected to a first side of the fixing bracket; and a second main actuator hinge-connected to a second side of the fixing bracket opposite to the first side thereof.
Claims19
A display device comprising:
- a display module comprising a display panel which displays an image;
- a main driving unit on a side of the display module, the main driving unit comprising:
- a fixing bracket attached to the side of the display module;
- a first main actuator hinge-connected to a first side of the fixing bracket;
- and
- a second main actuator hinge-connected to a second side of the fixing bracket opposite to the first side;
- a first auxiliary driving assembly hinge-connected to the first main actuator and the second side of the fixing bracket;
- and
- a second auxiliary driving assembly hinge-connected to the second main actuator and the first side of the fixing bracket,
- wherein
- the first auxiliary driving assembly comprises a first auxiliary driving unit which comprises a first link portion defining a plurality of joints spaced apart from one another and a first auxiliary actuator hinge-connected to the first link portion,
- the second auxiliary driving assembly comprises a second auxiliary driving unit which comprises a second link portion defining a plurality of joints spaced apart from one another and a second auxiliary actuator hinge-connected to the second link portion, and
- the first main actuator, the second main actuator, the first auxiliary actuator and the second auxiliary actuator are drivable independent from one another.
A method of curving a display device, comprising:
- respectively hinge-connecting a first auxiliary driving assembly and a second auxiliary driving assembly to a main driving unit at opposing sides thereof, the main driving unit comprising:
- a fixing bracket attached to a display module comprising a display panel which displays an image;
- a first main actuator hinge-connected to a first side of the fixing bracket and to the first auxiliary driving assembly;
- and
- a second main actuator hinge-connected to a second side of the fixing bracket opposite to the first side thereof and to the second auxiliary driving assembly;
- respectively attaching the hinge-connected first auxiliary driving assembly, second auxiliary driving assembly and main driving unit directly to first, second and main portions of a same side of the display module comprising the display panel which displays the image;
- and
- with the first auxiliary driving assembly, the second auxiliary driving assembly and the main driving unit respectively hinge-connected to each other and attached to the first, second and main portions of the display module, independently actuating the first and second main actuators of the main driving unit, and the first auxiliary driving assembly and the second auxiliary driving assembly respectively hinge-connected thereto, to change locations of the first and second portions of the display module with respect to the main portion thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.