US 12,193,176 B2
Display apparatus and method for manufacturing same
Kyungrok Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Jingyu Sim, Suwon-si (KR); and Byoung Jin Jin, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,821.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0187496 (KR), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209740 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A display apparatus comprising:
a roller extending in a first direction and comprising a cylinder body in which an inner accommodation space is defined, the cylinder body defining a slot which exposes the inner accommodation space to an outside and extends in the first direction and comprising an outer surface extending from a first end of the slot in a circumferential direction and is extended to or from a second end of the slot opposite to the first end of the slot; and
a display module connected to the roller,
wherein the outer surface of the cylinder body is provided continuously from the first end of the slot to the second end of the slot, and
a portion of the display module is inserted into the slot,
wherein the roller further comprises an inner support plate which is extended to or from an inner surface of the cylinder body and divides the inner accommodation space,
wherein the inner support plate comprises an inner guide surface disposed in the inner accommodation space,
a portion of the display module contacts the inner guide surface,
wherein the outer surface of the cylinder body comprises:
a support surface spaced apart from an axis of the cylinder body by a first distance; and
a guide surface extended to or from the support surface and recessed a predetermined distance toward the axis such that a distance to the axis is less than the first distance, and
wherein the display module is disposed in the inner accommodation space to define an acute angle with the axis.