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US 2019/0104626 A1Published application
Foldable Display Device
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorYongjoon Jeon
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Abstract
A foldable display device is disclosed and, more particularly, a foldable display device having a back cover structure that stably supports the entire area of a display panel without interfering with folding of the display panel is disclosed. Thus, it is possible to safely protect the entire rear side of the display panel.
Claims22
A foldable display device comprising:
- a foldable display;
- a back cover configured to cover a rear side of the foldable display;
- and
- a coupling member configured to couple the foldable display and the back cover to each other,
- wherein the foldable display has one or more folding sections that are folding areas and flat sections disposed at both sides of each of the folding sections,
- the back cover includes folding covers covering the folding sections and flat covers covering the flat sections,
- the folding covers and the flat covers are connected to each other,
- the folding covers each have one or more first coupling portions for connection with the flat covers,
- the flat covers each have one or more second coupling portions for connection with the folding covers to be coupled to the first coupling portions, and
- when the folding sections are folded, the coupling state between the first coupling portions and the second coupling portions is changed.
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A foldable display device comprising:
- a foldable display;
- a back cover configured to cover a rear side of the foldable display;
- and
- a coupling member configured to couple the foldable display and the back cover to each other,
- wherein the back cover includes:
- flat covers corresponding to flat sections of the foldable display;
- and
- a folding cover corresponding to a folding section of the foldable display,
- the folding cover is thinner than the flat covers,
- the coupling member includes a first coupling member configured to couple the flat sections of the foldable display and the flat covers to each other and a second coupling member configured to couple the folding section of the foldable display and the folding cover to each other, and
- the first coupling member and the second coupling member are different in material or structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.