# US 12,193,176 B2 · Display apparatus and method for manufacturing same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,176 B2 - Document ID: US12193176B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/890,821 - Filed: 2022-08-18 - Published: 2023-06-29 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-24 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kyungrok Ko; Jingyu Sim; Byoung Jin Jin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193176B2 ## CPC - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - H05K 5/0217: {Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03)} - G06F 1/1601: {Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus includes a roller extending in a first direction and a display module coupled to the roller. The roller includes a cylinder body having an inner accommodation space, and the cylinder body defines a slot that exposes the inner accommodation space to the outside and extends in the first direction. An outer surface of the cylinder body includes a support surface spaced apart from an axis of the cylinder body by a first distance and a guide surface extended to or from the support surface and recessed a predetermined distance toward the axis such that a distance to the axis is less than the first distance. The guide surface is extended to or from a first end of the slot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a roller extending in a first direction and comprising: a cylinder body in which an inner accommodation space is defined, the cylinder body defining a slot which exposes the inner accommodation space to an outside, and comprising an outer surface comprising: a support surface spaced apart from an axis of the cylinder body by a first distance; and a guide surface extended to or from the support surface and recessed a predetermined distance toward the axis such that a distance to the axis is less than the first distance; and a display module coupled to the roller, wherein the guide surface is extended to or from a first end of the slot, and the roller further comprises an inner support plate which is extended to or from an inner surface of the cylinder body and divides the inner accommodation space, the inner support plate comprises an inner guide surface extended to or from the guide surface, the inner guide surface defining the slot upon which the display module is supported thereby inside the inner accommodation space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the guide surface has a flat surface shape parallel to the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a distance between the guide surface and the axis is a second distance, and a difference between the first distance and the second distance is about 300 micrometers to about 700 micrometers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner guide surface has a flat surface shape parallel to the first direction, and among dihedral angles between the inner guide surface and the guide surface, an angle directed toward the inner accommodation space is about 90 degrees or more. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a portion of the display module contacts at least a portion of the guide surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support surface extends from the guide surface in a circumferential direction and is extended to or from a second end of the slot opposite to the first end of the slot, wherein the support surface is provided continuously from the guide surface to the slot. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the roller further comprises an inner coupling block which is extended to or from an inner surface of the cylinder body and disposed in the inner accommodation space, and the inner coupling block extends in the first direction along the cylinder body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display apparatus of claim 7, further comprising an insertion block which is inserted into the inner accommodation space and connected to the display module, wherein the insertion block is coupled and fixed to the inner coupling block. ### Claim 9 A display apparatus comprising: a roller extending in a first direction and comprising a cylinder body in which an inner accommodation space is defined, the cylinder body defining a slot which exposes the inner accommodation space to an outside and extends in the first direction and comprising an outer surface extending from a first end of the slot in a circumferential direction and is extended to or from a second end of the slot opposite to the first end of the slot; and a display module connected to the roller, wherein the outer surface of the cylinder body is provided continuously from the first end of the slot to the second end of the slot, and a portion of the display module is inserted into the slot, wherein the roller further comprises an inner support plate which is extended to or from an inner surface of the cylinder body and divides the inner accommodation space, wherein the inner support plate comprises an inner guide surface disposed in the inner accommodation space, a portion of the display module contacts the inner guide surface, wherein the outer surface of the cylinder body comprises: a support surface spaced apart from an axis of the cylinder body by a first distance; and a guide surface extended to or from the support surface and recessed a predetermined distance toward the axis such that a distance to the axis is less than the first distance, and wherein the display module is disposed in the inner accommodation space to define an acute angle with the axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the roller defines a side exposure hole which is provided in a side surface of the roller and exposes the inner accommodation space, wherein the slot is extended to or from the side exposure hole. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the guide surface is extended to or from the first end of the slot, the inner surface is extended to or from the guide surface, and the support surface is extended to or from the second end of the slot. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the guide surface has a flat surface shape parallel to the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein a distance between the guide surface and the axis is a second distance, and a difference between the first distance and the second distance is equal to a thickness of the display module. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an insertion block inserted into the inner accommodation space, wherein the display module is connected to the insertion block. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a cap coupled to a side surface of the roller, wherein the roller further comprises an inner screw fastening block which is extended to or from an inner surface of the cylinder body, wherein the inner screw fastening block defines a screw insertion groove into which a screw is inserted, and the cap comprises a cap body, wherein the cap body defines an extension screw insertion groove which is extended to or from the screw insertion groove.