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US 12,743,132 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSungwon Kim, Kyungrok Ko, Byoung Jin Jin, Ji Woong Choi
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Abstract
A display device includes a display module and a support plate disposed under the display module. The support plate includes a flat portion, a flexible portion that extends from the flat portion and that is folded such that a portion is disposed under the flat portion, and a plurality of protruding bars that protrude downward from the flexible portion, and a plurality of grooves is defined in an upper surface of the flexible portion and overlaps the plurality of protruding bars.
Claims18
A display device comprising:
- a display module;
- and
- a support plate disposed under the display module, the support plate including:
- a flat portion;
- a flexible portion which extends from the flat portion and is folded, a portion of the flexible portion being disposed under the flat portion;
- and
- a plurality of protruding bars which are unitary with the flexible portion and protrude downward from the flexible portion,
- wherein a plurality of grooves is defined in an upper surface of the flexible portion and overlaps the plurality of protruding bars,
- wherein the plurality of protruding bars is arranged in a first direction and extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the flexible portion is folded about a rotational axis extending in the second direction, and
- wherein in the first direction, each of the plurality of protruding bars has a width smaller than a distance between protruding bars adjacent to each other.
7 more elements
A display device comprising:
- a display module;
- and
- a support plate disposed under the display module, the support plate including:
- a flat portion;
- a flexible portion which extends from the flat portion and folded about a rotational axis extending in a second direction, a portion of the flexible portion being disposed under the flat portion;
- a plurality of protruding bars which are unitary with the flexible portion and protrude downward from the flexible portion and extend in the second direction;
- and
- a plurality of link bars disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of protruding bars opposite to each other in the second direction,
- wherein the plurality of protruding bars is arranged in a first direction crossing the second direction, and
- in the first direction, each of the plurality of protruding bars has a width smaller than a distance between protruding bars adjacent to each other.
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A display device comprising:
- a display module;
- a support plate disposed under the display module;
- and
- a plurality of protruding bars which are unitary with a flexible portion of the support plate and protrude downward from the flexible portion of the support plate and overlap a plurality of grooves defined in an upper surface of the flexible portion of the support plate,
- wherein the plurality of grooves extends into the plurality of protruding bars, and
- wherein the plurality of protruding bars is arranged in a first direction and extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the flexible portion is folded about a rotational axis extending in the second direction, and
- in the first direction, each of the plurality of protruding bars has a width smaller than a distance between protruding bars adjacent to each other.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.