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US 12,412,489 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJonggil Pyo
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Abstract
A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure comprises: a flexible display panel; a roller that is elongated and rolls up or unrolls the display panel; a housing in which the roller is located and having an opening through which the display panel passes; and a door assembly which is coupled to the housing adjacent to the opening, and opens and closes the opening, wherein the door assembly comprises: a door for opening or closing the opening; and a suspender positioned between the housing and the door and having one end fixed to one of the housing and the door, and the other end movably coupled to the other one.
Claims10
A display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel;
- a roller around which the flexible display panel is wound, or from which the flexible display panel is unwound;
- a housing which has the roller located therein, and has an opening through which the flexible display panel passes;
- and
- a door assembly which is coupled to the housing while being adjacent to the opening, and opens and closes the opening,
- wherein the door assembly comprises:
- a door which opens and closes the opening;
- a suspender comprising a pin and located between the housing and the door, the suspender having one end fixed to any one of the housing and the door, and having another end movably coupled to the other of the housing and the door,
- a fastening part which is formed at any one of the housing and the door, and to which one end of the pin is fixed;
- and
- a sliding part which is formed at the other of the housing and the door, and which is positioned opposite the fastening part with respect to the pin, and to which another end of the pin is movably coupled,
- wherein the sliding part comprises:
- a first part formed by penetrating the sliding part;
- and
- a second part protruding from an inner surface of the first part, and forming a slot through which the pin passes, wherein the slot extends in a direction intersecting with a length direction of the pin,
- wherein the pin comprises:
- a body having one end fixed to the fastening part;
- and
- a neck which is coupled to the other end of the body, and inserted into the slot,
- wherein an outer surface of the neck is in contact with an inner surface of the second part, and
- wherein the display device further comprises a sheet which is located between the second part and the neck, and formed of a plastic material.
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A display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel;
- a roller around which the flexible display panel is wound, or from which the flexible display panel is unwound;
- a housing which has the roller located therein, and has an opening through which the flexible display panel passes;
- and
- a door assembly which is coupled to the housing while being adjacent to the opening, and opens and closes the opening;
- wherein the door assembly comprises:
- a door which opens and closes the opening;
- and
- a suspender comprising a pin and located between the housing and the door, the suspender having one end fixed to any one of the housing and the door, and having another end movably coupled to the other of the housing and the door;
- a fastening part which is formed at any one of the housing and the door, and to which one end of the pin is fixed;
- and
- a sliding part which is formed at the other of the housing and the door, and which is positioned opposite the fastening part with respect to the pin, and to which the other end of the pin is movably coupled, and which comprises a magnetic substance,
- wherein the pin comprises a magnet located at the other end of the pin, which faces the magnetic substance in a length direction of the pin, and which is formed in a ball or roller shape, and
- wherein the pin and the sliding part are applied with a mutual magnetic attraction.
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A display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel;
- a roller around which the flexible display panel is wound, or from which the flexible display panel is unwound;
- a housing which has the roller located therein, and has an opening through which the flexible display panel passes;
- and
- a door assembly which is coupled to the housing while being adjacent to the opening, and opens and closes the opening;
- wherein the opening extends in a length direction of the roller,
- wherein the door assembly comprises:
- a door which opens and closes the opening, and which extends in a length direction of the roller;
- a suspender located between the housing and the door, the suspender having one end fixed to any one of the housing and the door, and having another end movably coupled to the other of the housing and the door, and the suspender comprises a rod that has one end fixed to the housing, and extends in a length direction of the door;
- and
- a holder which is coupled to the door, and in which a hole into which the rod is inserted is formed,
- wherein the hole extends in a moving direction of the door,
- wherein the suspender further comprises a cam which is coupled to the other end of the rod and is rotatable together with the rod, and extends in a radial direction of the rod to contact the door, and
- wherein the cam comprises:
- a first cam extending from the rod by a first length;
- and
- a second cam extending from the rod by a second length greater than the first length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.