# US 12,222,763 B2 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,222,763 B2 - Document ID: US12222763B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/771,794 - Filed: 2019-10-25 - Published: 2022-12-22 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-25 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Taesung Cha; Kyungmin Jeong; Heegun Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12222763B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - 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 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract Provided is a display device including a housing; a roller installed inside the housing; a display unit wound around the roller; a link having a first arm povitably mounted on the display unit and a second arm pivotably connected to the first arm and povitably on to the housing; a lead screw installed inside the housing; a slider moving on the lead screw according to rotation of the lead screw; a rod having one side connected to the slider and the other side connected to the second arm; a plurality of springs allowing the lead screw to be inserted thereinto, providing an elastic force to the slider, and arranged in series; a spacer located between the plurality of springs and allowing the lead screw to be inserted thereinto; and a damping member supporting a lower side of the spring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a housing; a roller installed inside the housing; a display wound around the roller; a link comprising a first arm pivotably coupled to the display and a second arm comprising a first end pivotably coupled to the first arm and a second end pivotably coupled to the housing; a lead screw installed inside the housing; a slider configured to slide along the lead screw according to a rotation of the lead screw; a rod having a first side connected to the slider and a second side connected to the second arm; a plurality of springs configured to receive the lead screw and provide an elastic force to the slider, wherein the plurality of springs are arranged in series; and a first spacer and a second spacer located between the plurality of springs and configured to receive the lead screw, wherein each of the first spacer and the second spacer comprises: a body configured to receive the lead screw; a support rib formed on a first side of the body and inserted between the plurality of springs and the lead screw; a holding rib formed on the first side of the body and supporting an outer circumferential side of one of the plurality of springs; and a friction rib being opposite to the support rib with respect to the body and formed on a second side of the body, and wherein the friction rib of the first spacer is in contact with the friction rib of the second spacer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a damping member, wherein the damping member is in contact with an outer circumferential side of the spring and has a depressed surface that forms a concave upper surface such that a radial direction of the depressed surface corresponds with a radial direction of the spring. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein a curvature of the spring is greater than a curvature of the depressed surface of the damping member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the lead screw comprises a first lead screw and a second lead screw spaced apart from the first lead screw in a longitudinal direction of the first lead screw, wherein the display device further comprises a motor assembly disposed between the first lead screw and the second lead screw and configured to drive the first lead screw and the second lead screw. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the plurality of springs is configured to receive the first lead screw, and the plurality of springs comprises: a first part spring located between the motor assembly and the slider; a second part spring located between the slider and the first part spring; and a third part spring located between the slider and the second part spring, wherein: the first spacer and the second are spacer located between the first part spring and the second part spring; and a third spacer and a fourth spacer located between the second part spring and the third part spring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the first spacer is symmetrical with the second spacer, and the third spacer is symmetrical with the fourth spacer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, further comprising: a first bearing supporting a first side of the first lead screw; and a second bearing supporting a second side of the first lead screw. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the first bearing is located adjacent to the motor assembly, and the spacer further comprises: a fifth spacer located between the first bearing and the first part spring; and a sixth spacer located between the slider and the third part spring. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein a length of the support rib is smaller than a thickness of a coil of the spring, and a length of the holding rib is greater than the thickness of the coil of the spring. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the thickness of the holding rib is greater than the thickness of the support rib. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the body has a ring shape, and the friction rib comprises: a first friction rib located adjacent to an outer diameter of the body; and a second friction rib located adjacent to an inner diameter of the body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, further comprising: an accommodation portion located between the first friction rib and the second friction rib and forming a step from the first friction rib and the second friction rib, wherein a lubricant is applied to the accommodation portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the first spacer is symmetrical with the second spacer, wherein the first friction rib of the first spacer is in contact with the first friction rib of the second spacer and the second friction rib of the first spacer is in contact with the second friction rib of the second spacer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, further comprising: a coupling connecting the motor assembly to the first lead screw.