US 11,930,656 B2
Foldable display device
Myoung Seo Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,605.
Application 18/088,605 is a continuation of application No. 17/151,194, filed on Jan. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,539,024.
Application 17/151,194 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,336, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,930,883, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0048776 (KR), filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126630 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 51/50 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H10K 50/842 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/8426 (2023.02) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device assembly, comprising:
a first plate having a first section, a second section, and a connection section connected between the first section and the second section, the first plate being foldable about a folding axis disposed between the first and second sections, the first section and the second section being rigid, the connection section having a foldability and a first width measured in a direction from the first section of the plate to the second section of the plate when the foldable display device assembly is unfolded;
a second plate disposed on the first plate;
a first double-sided adhesive film disposed on the second plate;
a flexible display module disposed on the first double-sided adhesive film, the flexible display module having an electroluminescent unit;
a second double-sided adhesive film disposed on the flexible display module; and
an upper flexible module disposed on the second double-sided adhesive film,
wherein the connection section of the first plate includes a recess having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first section of the first plate and a thickness of the second section of the first plate, and
the second plate has a substantially lower light transmittance than the upper flexible module.