Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorJeena Lee
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Abstract
A display device includes a display module including a first area and a second area, a support plate on a back surface of the display module and including a first support portion supporting the first area of the display module and a plurality of support bars supporting the second area, a case receiving the display module and the support plate and configured to control a size of an opening, exposing the display module, by a sliding operation, and a support unit coupled to the case and movable along the display module in the sliding operation to support the plurality of support bars.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a display module comprising a first area and a second area;
- a support plate on a back surface of the display module, the support plate comprising a first support portion supporting the first area of the display module, and a plurality of support bars spaced apart from the first support portion in a first direction to support the second area, the plurality of support bars extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
- a case receiving the display module and the support plate and configured to control a size of an opening, exposing the display module, by a sliding operation;
- and
- a support unit coupled to the case and movable along the display module in the sliding operation,
- wherein the support unit overlaps the plurality of support bars in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions to directly support some of the plurality of support bars.
A display device comprising:
- a display module comprising a first area and a second area;
- a support plate on a back surface of the display module, the support plate comprising a first support portion supporting the first area of the display module, and a plurality of support bars supporting the second area;
- a case receiving the display module and the support plate and configured to control a size of an opening, exposing the display module, by a sliding operation;
- and
- a support unit coupled to the case and movable along the display module in the sliding operation to support the plurality of support bars,
- wherein the case comprises:
- a first case to which the display module and the support plate are fixedly coupled;
- and
- a second case coupled to the first case to move in a direction away from or closer to the first case, which is parallel to a first direction, wherein the support unit is coupled to the second case, and
- wherein the support unit comprises a plurality of support rollers supporting the plurality of support bars.
A display device comprising:
- a display module comprising a first area and a second area;
- a support plate on a back surface of the display module, the support plate comprising a first support portion supporting the first area of the display module, and a plurality of support bars supporting the second area;
- a case receiving the display module and the support plate and configured to control a size of an opening, exposing the display module, by a sliding operation;
- and
- a support unit coupled to the case and movable along the display module in the sliding operation to support the plurality of support bars,
- wherein the case comprises:
- a first case to which the display module and the support plate are fixedly coupled;
- and
- a second case coupled to the first case to move in a direction away from or closer to the first case, which is parallel to a first direction, wherein the support unit is coupled to the second case, and
- wherein the support unit comprises a plurality of support balls supporting the plurality of support bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.