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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Robert Sjang Josine Van Dijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Eindhoven, NL;
Rik Kruidhof, Eindhoven, NL;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.