US 12,228,963 B2
Display device
Chulki Kim, Seoul (KR); Seunggyu Kang, Seoul (KR); and Jaehun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,250.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0068076 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393614 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1601 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G02F 1/133314 (2021.01); G02F 1/133317 (2021.01); G06F 1/1607 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising: a flexible display panel; a flexible inner plate disposed at a rear of the display panel and coupled to the display panel; a frame covering an edge of the display panel; and a drive module disposed at a rear of the inner plate and configured to provide power to allow the inner plate and the display panel to be bent or flattened, wherein the frame comprises: a top cover extending along a first edge of the display panel and covering the first edge, the top cover being fixed to the inner plate to be bent or flattened along the inner plate; and a side cover extending along a second edge of the display panel that intersects the first edge and covering the second edge, the side cover being fixed to the display panel, wherein the side cover moves away from the top cover as the display panel and the inner plate are bent, causing a front surface of the display panel to become concave, and wherein a gap between the top cover and the side cover increases as the display panel is bent.