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US 11,886,243 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorJi Heon Lee
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel includes a first surface where images are displayed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the display panel being folded with a curvature, and a sliding member disposed on the second surface of the display panel and configured to slide a part of the display panel so that the curvature of the display panel is changed.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a first surface where images are displayed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the display panel being folded with a curvature;
- a sliding member disposed on the second surface of the display panel and configured to slide a part of the display panel so that the curvature of the display panel is changed;
- and
- a plate member disposed on the second surface of the display panel,
- wherein the display device is folded around at least one rotation axis,
- wherein the sliding member is slidable in a radial direction of the at least one rotation axis, and
- wherein the radial direction of the at least one rotation axis comprises a first direction toward an edge of the display panel and a second direction opposite to the first direction,
- wherein the plate member rotates in a direction in which the curvature of the display panel decreases when the sliding member moves in a direction in which an area of the first surface of the display panel exposed to an outside of the display device increases.
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A display device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a first surface where images are displayed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the display panel being folded with a curvature;
- a sliding member disposed on the second surface of the display panel and configured to slide a part of the display panel so that the curvature of the display panel is changed;
- and
- a plate member disposed on the second surface of the display panel,
- wherein the sliding member comprises an inclined surface extended obliquely to a direction in which the sliding member moves,
- wherein the plate member rotates in a direction in which the curvature of the display panel decreases when the sliding member moves in a direction in which an area of the first surface of the display panel exposed to an outside of the display device increases.
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A display device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a first surface where images are displayed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- a sliding member disposed on the second surface of the display panel and configured to slide the part of the display panel so that a curvature of the display panel changes when the display device is folded;
- and
- a plate member disposed on the second surface of the display panel,
- wherein the display device is configured to transit between a first state in which the display panel is flatly unfolded, a second state in which the display device is folded so that the first surface of the display panel is not exposed to an outside of the display device, and a third state in which a part of the display panel slides relative to another part thereof from the second state so that only a part of the first surface of the display panel is exposed to the outside of the display device, and
- wherein the display panel has a first curvature in the second state and a second curvature smaller than the first curvature in the third state,
- wherein, in the third state, the display panel comprises a first flat region, a second flat region facing and being parallel to the first flat region, and a bending region connecting the first flat region and the second flat region,
- wherein the plate member rotates in a direction in which the curvature of the display panel decreases when the sliding member moves in a direction in which an area of the first surface of the display panel exposed to an outside of the display device increases.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.