US 11,789,498 B2
Display device
Yun Mi Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Dong Hyun Kim, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); and Ok Kyung Park, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,911.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0078037 (KR), filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404866 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1624 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including:
a folding area, a non-folding area and a sliding area in order along a first direction,
a display surface in each of the non-folding area and the sliding area, and
the sliding area including an exposed area of the display surface which is closest to the non-folding area and exposed to outside the display device, the exposed area having a length along the first direction which is variable;
a support member which is coupled to the display panel and movable together with the display panel; and
a housing which faces the support member with the display panel therebetween and defines a first opening corresponding to the non-folding area of the display panel,
wherein
the housing is slidably extendable and slidably contractable along the first direction, at the sliding area of the display panel,
the housing which is slidably contracted defines a first length of the exposed area of the display surface and further exposes the display surface in the sliding area to outside the housing, at the first opening, and
the housing which is slidably extended defines a second length of the exposed area of the display surface which is larger than the first length, and further exposes the support member to outside the housing, at the first opening.