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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Seunghwa Ha, Cheongju-si, KR;
Sangjae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyeong-Jun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-Ho Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
In-Woo Jeong, Asan-si, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area along a first direction, and a support member facing the display panel. The support member includes in order from the display panel, an upper plate which faces the folding area and the non-folding area, has a thickness and in which are defined a plurality of openings corresponding to the folding area, and a lower plate having a thickness which is greater than the thickness of the upper plate and including a first lower plate and a second lower plate each corresponding to the folding area and the non-folding area. At the folding area, the second lower plate is spaced apart from the first lower plate by a gap along the first direction.