US 11,723,156 B2
Foldable display device
Dong Hyun Yang, Seongnam-si (KR); and Sung Bae Ju, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,681.
Application 17/969,681 is a division of application No. 16/912,266, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,503,723.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0112383 (KR), filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041469 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a first support member and a second support member separated from each other and each including a short side and a long side;
a display module disposed on the first support member and the second support member;
a hinge which couples a side of the first support member and a side of the second support member;
a plurality of first rails disposed between the first support member and the display module and disposed in areas near intersections between the short side and the long side of the first support member; and
a plurality of second rails disposed between the second support member and the display module and disposed in areas near intersections between the short side and the long side of the second support member,
wherein the plurality of first rails and the plurality of second rails are slidable in a first moving direction and a second moving direction opposite to the first moving direction.