Flexible display device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJin Young Choi, Won Seok Joo
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Abstract
A flexible display device including a body; a flexible display exposed to an outside of the body and including a first curved surface portion curved about a first curvature center line and a first surface portion extending from the first curved surface portion, the first surface portion being disposed on a front surface of the body; a first support portion and a second support portion disposed on opposite sides of the flexible display in a direction parallel to the first curvature center line; and a first protective guard moveably coupled to the first and second support portions and protecting the first curved surface portion of the flexible display.
Claims20
A flexible display device, comprising:
- a body;
- a flexible display exposed to an outside of the body and including a first curved surface portion curved about a first curvature center line and a first surface portion extending from the first curved surface portion, the first surface portion being disposed on a front surface of the body;
- a first support portion and a second support portion disposed on opposite sides of the flexible display in a direction parallel to the first curvature center line;
- and
- a first protective guard moveably coupled to the first and second support portions and protecting the first curved surface portion of the flexible display.
A flexible display device, comprising:
- a body;
- a flexible display exposed to an outside of the body and including a first curved surface portion curved about a first curvature center line and a first surface portion extending from the first curved surface portion, the first surface portion being disposed on a front surface of the body;
- and
- a first protective guard including a first protective plate disposed outside the flexible display and extending in a direction parallel to the first curvature center line, a first connection plate, and a second connection plate, the first connection plate and the second connection plate being respectively bent at opposite end portions of the first protective plate and coupled to the body so as to be rotatable about a first rotation axis,
- wherein the first protective guard rotates relative to the body to shield or expose at least a portion of the first curved surface portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.