Display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorChangmin Park
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a display module configured to display an image and to be folded about a folding axis at a folding area defined on a plane; a support member below the display module; and a protective member between the display module and the support member. The support member includes a folding part overlapping the folding area and configured to be folded about the folding axis, and the folding part includes a plurality of joint portions extending parallel to the folding axis and connected to each other. Each of the joint portions includes a support surface supporting the display module, and when the support member is folded, a cusp point is formed between adjacent ones of the support surfaces on a cross-section.
Claims19
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display module configured to display an image and to be folded about a folding axis at a folding area defined on a plane;
- a support member below the display module, the support member comprising a folding part overlapping the folding area and configured to be folded about the folding axis, the folding part comprising:
- a plurality of joint portions extending parallel to the folding axis and connected to each other, each of the joint portions comprising a support surface supporting the display module;
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- a plurality of connection members respectively connecting adjacent ones of the joint portions to each other;
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- a protective member between the display module and the support member,
- wherein, when the support member is folded, a cusp point is formed between adjacent ones of the support surfaces on a cross-section, and
- wherein the joint portions connected to the connection members are rotated by the connection member to allow the folding part to be folded.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display module configured to display an image and to be folded about a folding axis at a folding area defined on a plane;
- a support member below the display module, the support member comprising:
- a folding part overlapping the folding area and configured to be folded about the folding axis;
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- a support plate connected to the folding part and overlapping a non-folding area of the display module that is adjacent to the folding area on the plane, the folding part comprising:
- a plurality of joint portions extending parallel to the folding axis;
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- a plurality of connection members respectively connecting adjacent ones of the joint portions to each other, at least one of the connection members connecting one of the joint portions to the support plate and at least one other one of the connection members connecting two adjacent ones of the joint portions to each other;
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- a protective member between the display module and the support member,
- wherein the joint portions connected to the connection members are rotated by the connection member to allow the folding part to be folded.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display module configured to display an image and to be folded about a folding axis at a folding area defined on a plane;
- a support member below the display module, the support member comprising:
- a plurality of joint portions extending parallel to the folding axis, each of the plurality of joint portions comprising a support surface supporting the display module, each of the support surfaces having a flat plate shape, each of the joint portions having a plurality of openings therein, the openings extending in a direction parallel to the folding axis;
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- a plurality of connection members connected to the joint portions at the openings therein;
- and
- a protective member between the display module and the support member,
- wherein the joint portions connected to the connection members are rotated by the connection member to allow the support member to be folded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.