US 12,230,168 B2
Flexible display device
Hyo-Sup Eum, Seoul (KR); and Myeongjun Kim, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,504.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0186553 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0221543 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display device, comprising:
a display panel comprising at least one bending area bending with respect to a bending axis;
a frame supporting a rear surface of the display panel;
a plurality of guide parts fixed to a rear surface of the frame;
a plurality of fixing parts movably provided on the rear surface of the frame and selectively coupled to the plurality of guide parts; and
a controller connected to the fixing parts to control movements of the fixing parts, and the length of the controller is variable depending on a state of bending of the display panel,
wherein the bent display panel is prevented from being unbent when the plurality of fixing parts are coupled to the plurality of guide parts.