Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Fine M-tec Co., Ltd.

ByeongCheol Lee

ShinSuk Lee

Youngjoon Yun

Hyeonggwang An

JiSoon Oh

YunMi Lee

HyunChan Kim

Jaekyu Lee

SeongYun Jeong

A foldable display device can include a first support plate and a second support plate, a display panel disposed on the first support plate and the second support plate, and a hinge assembly disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate. The hinge assembly can include a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm rotatably connected to each other, a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear respectively coupled to the first hinge arm and the second hinge arm, and a first gear arm and a second gear arm fastened to interlock with the first hinge arm and the second hinge arm. The display panel can be folded or unfolded about a rotation axis different from central axes of the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear.

Foldable display device

A foldable display device includes a first support plate and a second support plate, a display panel disposed on the first support plate and the second support plate and a hinge assembly disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate, the hinge assembly includes a hinge arm, a gear arm coupled to the hinge arm, an inner frame disposed under the hinge arm and the gear arm and fixing the hinge arm and the gear arm, a hinge housing accommodating the inner frame, the hinge arm, and the gear arm, under the inner frame, and a foreign material inflow prevention element interposed between the hinge housing and the inner frame and connected to the hinge arm to operate together with folding of the hinge arm when the hinge arm is folded.

Foldable display device including a foreign material inflow prevention element

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Cheongju-si, South Korea

ByeongCheol Lee