US 11,868,176 B2
Display device
Jaiku Shin, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sung Chul Choi, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sojeong La, Suwon-si (KR); Jin Yong Sim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Gyeongho Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,574.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0130120 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099705 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel foldable with respect to a folding axis substantially parallel to a first direction; and
a support plate disposed under the display panel and comprising a folding plate foldable with respect to the folding axis,
wherein the folding plate comprises at least one first support layer and at least one second support layer, and
wherein the folding plate has a first modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to a second direction intersecting the first direction and a second modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to the first direction, the first modulus being smaller than the second modulus.