US 11,792,946 B2
Display device having a folding area
Changmin Park, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,868.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0054625 (KR), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352812 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area spaced apart from the first non-folding area in a first direction, a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, a first bending area disposed between the folding area and the first non-folding area, and a second bending area disposed between the folding area and the second non-folding area;
a plate disposed below the display panel; and
a folding module disposed below the plate to support the display panel,
wherein the folding module comprises:
a hinge configured to support the folding area and including a body part;
a first support configured to support the first non-folding area and coupled to the hinge;
a second support configured to support the second non-folding area and coupled to the hinge;
a first sub support configured to support the first bending area and rotatably coupled to the first support; and
a second sub support configured to support the second bending area and rotatably coupled to the second support,
wherein at least a portion of the plate is exposed between the first sub support and the body part when the display device is folded, and
wherein a distance between the body part and the first support is greater than a distance between the body part and the first sub support when the display device is folded.