Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung Chul CHOI, Young Eun OH, Han Sun RYOU, Man Sik MYEONG
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Abstract
A display device reduces or minimizes a stress applied to a display panel in a folded state. The display device includes a display panel including a bendable area; and a panel support portion combined to the display panel and including a multi-joint member to support the bendable area, and the multi-joint member includes: a plurality of hard material portions sequentially arranged in a first direction, mutually combined to be rotated with respect to one another, and including a first surface arranged toward the bendable area; and a soft material portion contacting the first surface and fixed to the plurality of hard material portions.
Claims18
A display device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a bendable area;
- and
- a panel support portion combined to the display panel and comprising a multi-joint member to support the bendable area,
- wherein the multi-joint member comprises:
- a plurality of hard material portions sequentially arranged in a first direction, mutually combined to be rotated with respect to one another, and comprising a first surface arranged toward the bendable area;
- and
- a soft material portion contacting the first surface and fixed to the plurality of hard material portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.