US 11,940,846 B2
Display device
Jai Ku Shin, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dong Jin Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Dong Woo Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Sung Chul Choi, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,408.
Application 18/137,408 is a continuation of application No. 17/193,841, filed on Mar. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,656,656.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0063087 (KR), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251690 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/203 (2013.01); H05K 7/20963 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including a rear surface and a front surface, the front surface being provided with a display surface and including a folding axis extending in a first direction;
a first barrier member disposed on the rear surface of the display panel;
a first coupling member disposed on a rear surface of the first barrier member; and
a metal plate disposed on a rear surface of the first coupling member and including a first plate portion and a second plate portion which are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a connection portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion,
wherein the first coupling member does not overlap the connection portion in a plan view, and
wherein in a state where the display panel is folded, the connection portion of the metal plate contacts the first barrier member.