# US 2023/0056973 A1 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0056973 A1 - Document ID: US20230056973A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/719,843 - Filed: 2022-04-13 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-23 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: TAE WOONG KIM; SANGJUN LEE; BEOMJIN KIM; JONGHWA LEE; JIN HWAN CHOI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056973A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A display device includes: a display module, a lifting part disposed on a rear surface of the display module and connected to the display module, and a drive belt connected to the lifting part and which moves in a first direction to extend and retract the lifting part in the first direction. The drive belt moves along a guide groove that is defined in the lifting part and that is open in the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display module; a lifting part disposed on a rear surface of the display module and connected to the display module; and a drive belt connected to the lifting part and which moves in a first direction to extend and retract the lifting part in the first direction, wherein the drive belt moves along a guide groove defined in the lifting part, and the guide groove is open in the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the lifting part includes a plurality of support parts arranged in the first direction and coupled to move relative to each other in the first direction, wherein at least one support part among the plurality of support parts extends between a first side and a second side of the display module, and wherein the first side and the second side are opposite to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the drive belt is connected to an uppermost support part among the plurality of support parts and is disposed in the guide groove defined in each of the plurality of support parts except for the uppermost support part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein a kth support part among the plurality of support parts is disposed on an upper end and at least a part of opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part among the plurality of support parts, the opposite sides are opposite to each other in the second direction, and k is a natural number. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the kth support part includes: a first extension disposed on the (k+1)th support part, and which extends in the second direction; and second extensions which extend from the first extension in the first direction, and are adjacent to the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part in the second direction, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the second extensions are coupled with the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part so as to move in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, further comprising: cross roller bearings disposed on the second extensions and the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part and coupled to move in the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, further comprising: first stoppers extending from the second extensions toward the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part, respectively; and second stoppers defined on the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part and disposed on the first stoppers in the first direction, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, further comprising: third extensions extending from the at least a part of the opposite sides of the (k+1)th support part in the second direction, respectively, and disposed under the second extensions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the kth support part further includes a protrusion protruding from a portion of the first extension toward the (k+1)th support part, and wherein the protrusion is disposed in a depression defined in the upper end of the (k+1)th support part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, further comprising: a drive part connected to the drive belt and which moves the drive belt in the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the drive belt includes: a first drive belt disposed in the guide groove and which moves in the first direction; and a second drive belt disposed outside the lifting part and connected to the drive part. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, further comprising: a guide part having a first guide groove defined therein in which the second drive belt is disposed; and a crank connected to the drive part, wherein the crank is disposed in the first guide groove and connected to the second drive belt, wherein the first guide groove has a curved shape when viewed in the second direction, and the drive part rotates about an axis of rotation parallel to the second direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, further comprising: a guide plate having a second guide groove defined thereon; and a plurality of guide rollers adjacent to the second guide groove, wherein the second guide groove has a curved shape when viewed in the second direction, and a portion of the display module disposed outside the lifting part moves along the second guide groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, further comprising: a first gear connected to the drive part and which rotates about the axis of rotation; a second gear engaged with the first gear; and a rotating bar connected to the second gear and extending in the second direction, wherein the crank is spaced apart from the second gear and connected to the rotating bar. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein an upper end of the display module is connected to the lifting part, and the crank extends toward a lower end of the display module and is connected to the lower end of the display module. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, further comprising: a dummy extension extending in the second direction and the first direction, disposed over an uppermost support part among the plurality of support parts and surrounding the uppermost support part in the second direction, wherein a (k+1)th support part among the plurality of support parts includes: a first extension disposed under a kth support part among the plurality of support parts the first extension extending in the second direction; and second extensions which extend from the first extension in the first direction and are adjacent to opposite sides of the kth support part in the second direction, respectively, and wherein the dummy extension is adjacent to the second extensions in the second direction, and k is a natural number. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein a first support part among the plurality of support parts includes: a first extension extending in the second direction; and a plurality of second extensions extending from the first extension in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, wherein a last support part among the plurality of support parts includes: a first_first extension extending in the second direction; and a plurality of second_first extensions extending from the first_first extension in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, wherein at least one support part among the plurality of support parts is disposed between the plurality of second extensions, and wherein at least one second_first extension among the plurality of second_first extensions is inserted into at least one depression defined on at least one other support part among the plurality of support parts. ### Claim 19 A display device comprising: a display module; a plurality of support parts coupled to the display module, the plurality of support parts being arranged in a first direction and coupled to move relative to each other in the first direction; and a drive belt connected to an uppermost support part among the plurality of support parts and disposed in a guide groove defined in each of the plurality of support parts except for the uppermost support part, wherein a kth support part is connected to at least a part of opposite sides of a (k+1)th support part disposed under the kth support part and moves in the first direction, the plurality of support parts includes the kth support part and the (k+1)th support part, and k is a natural number. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display device of claim 19, further comprising: a drive part connected to the drive belt and which moves the drive belt along the guide groove in the first direction. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The display device of claim 19, wherein some of the support parts support the display module in a second direction crossing the first direction.