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US 9,788,440 B2Granted
Rollable display device
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok-Hyo Cho, Chul Park
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Abstract
A rollable display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a printed circuit board connected to an edge of the display panel, and a roller which the display panel is rolled onto or unrolled from. The roller has a cylindrical shape having an inner space, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the inner space.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel;
- a roller having a curved surface on which the flexible display panel is selectively wound and unwound, the roller having a slit extending longitudinally along the curved surface of the roller, the slit being the only slit extending longitudinally along the curved surface from a first end of the roller to a second end of the roller;
- a printed circuit board configured to control an operation of the flexible display panel, and located within the roller;
- a case configured to house the roller;
- an elevating mechanism configured to extend the flexible display panel from the case, and including a guide rail and a first link configured to elevate the guide rail;
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- a first guide bracket connected to the first link, the first guide bracket including a first rotational link portion rotatably connected to the first link.
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A display device comprising:
- a flexible display panel;
- a roller having a curved surface on which the flexible display panel is selectively wound and unwound;
- a printed circuit board configured to control an operation of the flexible display panel, and located within the roller;
- and
- a connecting unit configured to connect the flexible display panel to the printed circuit board, and disposed between the flexible display panel and the printed circuit board,
- wherein the roller includes a slit extending longitudinally along the curved surface of the roller, the slit being the only slit extending longitudinally along the curved surface from a first end of the roller to a second end of the roller, and
- wherein the connecting unit includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) or a tape carrier package (TCP).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.