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US 11,599,156 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorJinhyoung Kim
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Abstract
A display device including a display module having a plurality of folding regions, a support member disposed under the display module, a plurality of hinge parts each connecting the support member, and an adjustment part controlling the folding of the folding region, in which each of the hinge parts includes a center portion having a first sub-axis and a second sub-axis and a first fixing part and a second fixing part connecting the support member and the center portion, thereby facilitating the folding of the display device.
Claims23
A display device comprising:
- a display module including a first folding region, a first non-folding region adjacent to one side of the first folding region, and a second non-folding region adjacent to the other side of the first folding region;
- a support member disposed under the display module and including a first folding support part corresponding to the first folding region, a first non-folding support part corresponding to the first non-folding region, and a second non-folding support part corresponding to the second non-folding region;
- a first hinge part connecting the first folding support part and the second non-folding support part;
- a second hinge part connecting the first folding support part and the first non-folding support part;
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- a first adjustment part disposed between the first folding region and the first non-folding region, or between the first folding region and the second non-folding region to control folding of the first folding region,
- wherein each of the first hinge part and the second hinge part includes:
- a center portion having a first sub-axis and a second sub-axis extending in a first direction;
- a first fixing part connecting the center portion and the first folding support part and directly contacting the center portion and the first folding support part;
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- a second fixing part connecting the center portion and the first non-folding support part and directly contacting the center portion and the first non-folding support part, or connecting the center portion and the second non-folding support part and directly contacting the center portion and the second non-folding support part.
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A display device comprising:
- a display module including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a third non-folding region spaced apart from each other on a plane, a first folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and a second folding region disposed between the second non-folding region and the third non-folding region;
- a support member disposed under the display module, and including a first non-folding support part corresponding to the first non-folding region, a second non-folding support part corresponding to the second non-folding region, a third non-folding support part corresponding to the third non-folding region, a first folding support part corresponding to the first folding region, and a second folding support part corresponding to the second folding region;
- a first hinge part connecting the second non-folding support part and the first folding support part;
- a second hinge part connecting the first folding support part and the first non-folding support part;
- a third hinge part connecting the second non-folding support part and the second folding support part;
- a fourth hinge part connecting the second folding support part and the third non-folding support part;
- a first adjustment part disposed between the first folding region and the first non-folding region;
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- a second adjustment part disposed between the second folding region and the third non-folding region,
- wherein a first state of the first adjustment part and a second state of the second adjustment part are configured to be different from each other when the display module and the support member are folded such that the first non-folding region, the second non-folding region, and the third non-folding region overlap each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.