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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Man Sik Myeong, Seoul, KR;
Ah-Ram Lee, Cheonan-si, KR;
In Seo Kee, Asan-si, KR;
Han Sun Ryou, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chul Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A foldable display device includes a display panel and a panel supporting unit. The display panel has a first surface in which a display unit is positioned and a second surface opposite to the first surface and including a bendable region. A panel supporting unit faces the second surface and is coupled to the display panel. The panel supporting unit includes a plurality of link members arranged in parallel along a first direction by corresponding to the bendable region of the display panel in an unfolded state, each of the plurality of link members respectively having a first supporting surface facing the display panel and coupled to be rotated about two rotational axes in a folded state. The two rotational axes of each of the plurality of link members are separated from the first supporting surface in a direction from the second surface toward the first surface.