Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorDong-Su YEE
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Abstract
A display apparatus including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area spaced apart from the first non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, the display apparatus including a flexible display panel having a display area disposed in the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the folding area; a metal plate having an upper surface facing the flexible display panel and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface and including a recess, which is formed in a direction from the lower surface to the upper surface, in the folding area; and a first adhesive layer disposed between the flexible display panel and the metal plate.
Claims20
A display apparatus including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area spaced apart from the first non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, the display apparatus comprising:
- a flexible display panel having a display area disposed in the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the folding area;
- a metal plate having an upper surface facing the flexible display panel and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface;
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- a first adhesive layer disposed between the flexible display panel and the metal plate,
- wherein the metal plate includes a plurality of first openings formed in a direction from the upper surface to the lower surface in the folding area and a second opening formed in a direction from the lower surface to the upper surface in the folding area, a size of each of the first openings being smaller than a size of the second opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.