US 11,836,007 B2
Display device
Yoshiharu Hirakata, Ebina (JP); Hiroyuki Miyake, Atsugi (JP); Seiko Inoue, Isehara (JP); and Shunpei Yamazaki, Setagaya (JP)
Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken (JP)
Filed by Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,680.
Application 17/585,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/109,420, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,340,657.
Application 17/109,420 is a continuation of application No. 15/986,099, filed on May 22, 2018, granted, now 11,009,913, issued on May 18, 2021.
Application 15/986,099 is a continuation of application No. 14/444,799, filed on Jul. 28, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-161577 (JP), filed on Aug. 2, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147106 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a wiring board;
a magnet;
a display panel;
a housing supporting the display panel; and
a first member overlapping with the display panel and the housing and being provided between the housing and the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region, each of which is not visible in a folded state of the display panel,
wherein, in an opened state of the display panel, the third display region is provided between the first display region and the second display region,
wherein the display panel is configured to be bent in the third display region,
wherein the housing comprises a first support provided on a display side of the display panel and around the first display region and a second support provided on the display side of the display panel and around the second display region,
wherein, in the opened state of the display panel, the third display region is provided between the first support and the second support,
wherein the first member is provided on the display side of the display panel and around the first to third display regions,
wherein the first member comprises a metal,
wherein, in the folded state of the display panel, the display panel is configured to keep the folded state by using magnetic force of the magnet,
wherein the magnet is provided in a portion of the housing that supports the first display region, and
wherein, in the opened state of the display panel, a portion of the first member is exposed in a region between the first support and the second support.