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US 10,705,565 B2Granted
Foldable display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorDong Jin Park
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Abstract
A foldable display device including: a flexible display panel including a bending portion; and a folding unit supporting the flexible display panel and in-folding and out-folding a front surface of the flexible display panel. The folding unit includes a hinge unit bending and supporting the bending portion of the flexible display panel simultaneously in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction.
Claims24
A foldable display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel comprising a bending portion;
- and
- a folding unit supporting the flexible display panel and configured to in-fold and out-fold a front surface of the flexible display panel,
- wherein:
- the folding unit comprises a hinge unit configured to bend and support the bending portion of the flexible display panel simultaneously;
- the flexible display panel is folded, a middle portion of the bending portion has a first curvature, and an end portion of the bending portion has a second curvature;
- and
- a center of the second curvature is disposed in an outer space of the flexible display panel, and a center of the first curvature is disposed in an inner space of the flexible display panel.
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