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US 9,870,108 B2Granted
Display device including relatively movable display panel and touch panel
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Hyun Baek, Yoon Jee Shin, Seung Rok Lee
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Abstract
A display device that includes a display panel to display an image; a touch panel on the display panel; a spacer layer between the display panel and the touch panel; and a window attached onto the touch panel, wherein the display panel and the touch panel are relatively movable.
Claims10
A flexible display device, comprising:
- a display panel to display an image;
- a touch panel on the display panel;
- a spacer layer between the display panel and the touch panel;
- and
- a window attached onto the touch panel,
- wherein the display panel and the touch panel are relatively movable,
- wherein the spacer layer includes:
- a base member attached onto a surface of the display panel;
- and
- at least one spacer member protruding from the base member and supporting the touch panel at an end of the at least one spacer member,
- wherein the base member includes a guide protrusion protruding toward the touch panel,
- wherein the touch panel includes a guide groove corresponding to the guide protrusion,
- wherein the guide protrusion extends in a lengthwise direction along both ends of the base member,
- wherein the display device is foldable about an axis that is parallel to one side of the display device, and
- wherein the guide protrusion extends in a direction that is orthogonal to the axis.
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