Display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidetoshi FUJIMOTO
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Abstract
A display device (10) includes a foldable case unit (100) and a flexible display panel (200). The case unit (100) includes an elongated connecting plate (130), and a lower case (110) and an upper case (120) coupled to the connecting plate (130) via hinge parts (141 and 142), respectively. The upper case (120) has a variable dimension in a y direction. In the opened case unit (100), the lower case (110), the connecting plate (130), and the upper case (120) are aligned flush with one another in the y direction. In the folded case unit (100), the dimension of the upper case (120) in the y direction is larger than the dimension in the opened case unit (100), and the display panel (200) is accommodated in a space surrounded with the lower case (110), the connecting plate (130), and the upper case (120).
Claims10
A display device comprising a foldable case unit and a flexible display panel, wherein
- the case unit includes
- an elongated connecting plate,
- a first support member having a tubular shape and coupled to a first one of long sides of the connecting plate via a first hinge part, and
- a second support member having a tubular shape, coupled to a second one of the long sides of the connecting plate via a second hinge part, and having a variable dimension perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the connecting plate,
- when the case unit is opened to allow the first and second support members to be flush with each other, the first support member, the connecting plate, and the second support member are aligned flush with one another in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the connecting plate, and
- when the case unit is folded to allow the first and second support members to face each other, the dimension of the second support member in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the connecting plate is larger than the dimension in the opened case unit, and the display panel is accommodated in a space surrounded with the first and second support members and the connecting plate.
A display device comprising a foldable case unit and a flexible display panel, wherein
- the case unit includes
- an elongated connecting plate,
- a first support member having a tubular shape and coupled to a first one of long sides of the connecting plate via a first hinge part, and
- a second support member having a tubular shape, coupled to a second one of the long sides of the connecting plate via a second hinge part, and having a variable dimension perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the connecting plate,
- the second support member includes
- a first member coupled to the second one of the long sides of the connecting plate via the second hinge part, and
- a second member disposed flush with the first member,
- a first one of the first and second members has a recess accommodating part of a second one of the first and second members, and
- the recess has an inner wall surface coupled to the part of the second one via an elastic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.