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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); G02F 1/133305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device reduces or minimizes a stress received by a display panel in a folded state. The display device includes a display panel including a bendable area; and a panel support portion combined to the display panel and including a multi-joint member to support the bendable area, and the multi-joint member includes a plurality of joint portions sequentially arranged in a first direction and combined to each other to rotate with respect to one another, and at least one of the joint portions includes an elastic plate at an edge of a support side arranged toward the bendable area.