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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Jaiku Shin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dongwoo Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Jihye Shin, Cheonan-si, KR;
Jin Yong Sim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seokchan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Chul Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area and a support plate that is disposed under the display panel and that defines a plurality of openings overlapping the folding area and arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The support plate includes a first branch disposed between openings adjacent to each other in the second direction among the plurality of openings and a second branch disposed between openings adjacent to each other in the first direction among the plurality of openings. A first width of the first branch in the second direction is smaller than a second width of each of the openings in the second direction.