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Display device

US11227515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 2020
Grant dateJan 18, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1652
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device includes a display module including: a folding area, and first and second non-folding areas; a first support member bendable together with the display module and including: a bending area corresponding to the folding area, and first and second non-bending areas corresponding to the first and second non-folding areas; and a support layer facing the display module with the first support member therebetween, and including: a second support member in the bending area and the first and second non-bending areas; a first support plate facing the first support member with the second support member therebetween and in the bending area and the first non-bending area; and a second support plate facing the first support member with the second support member therebetween and in the bending area and the second non-bending area. The second support plate is disconnected from the first support plate at the bending area.

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