US 12,189,418 B2
Electronic device
Jungil Lee, Seoul (KR); and Min-Sung Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,595.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0001433 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099961 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/16 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display module comprising a first non-folding portion, a first folding portion configured to be folded and having a predetermined radius of curvature when folded, a second non-folding portion, a second folding portion configured to be folded and having a radius of curvature different from the radius of curvature of the first folding portion when folded, and a third non-folding portion,
wherein the first non-folding portion, the first folding portion, the second non-folding portion, the second folding portion, and the third non-folding portion are spaced apart from each other in a first direction;
a first plate disposed under the display module, and comprising a plurality of first openings overlapping the first folding portion and a plurality of second openings overlapping the second folding portion;
a second plate comprising a first substrate overlapping a portion of the first folding portion and the first non-folding portion, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and overlapping a portion of the first folding portion and the second non-folding portion, and a third substrate spaced apart from the second substrate and overlapping the third non-folding portion;
an adhesive layer disposed between the first plate and the second plate and comprising a first portion overlapping the first folding portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion; and
a plurality of sticks disposed between the second substrate and the third substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction,
wherein a portion of the second portion of the adhesive layer overlapping the second folding portion is exposed through spaces between adjacent sticks among the sticks.