Flexible display apparatus and rollable display apparatus comprising the same
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsDongYoon Kim, YounYeol Yu, Hoiyong Kwon
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Abstract
Discussed are a flexible display apparatus and a rollable display apparatus comprising the same, in which rigidity reliability is secured against a physical impact. The flexible display panel includes a display unit provided on a flexible substrate and a back cover disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display panel. The back cover includes a panel supporting part including a plurality of openings, having a size greater than a width of the flexible display panel, and supporting the flexible display panel, and a sidewall part protruding from each of one edge and another edge of the panel supporting part.
Claims22
A flexible display apparatus comprising:
- a flexible display panel including a display unit provided on a flexible substrate;
- and
- a back cover disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display panel,
- wherein the back cover comprises:
- a panel supporting part including:
- a plurality of openings extending in a first direction parallel to a thickness direction of the panel supporting part;
- a first edge;
- and
- a second edge being located opposite to the first edge in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction;
- a first sidewall part;
- and
- a second sidewall part,
- wherein the panel supporting part supports the flexible display panel,
- wherein the first sidewall part protrudes from the first edge of the panel supporting part in the first direction,
- wherein the second sidewall part protrudes from the second edge of the panel supporting part in the first direction, and
- wherein the first sidewall part and the second sidewall part are configured to prevent a contact between a front surface of the flexible display panel and a rear surface of the back cover when the flexible display panel is rolled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.