US 12,232,286 B2
Display module including cushion layer and electronic device including display module
Jungchul An, Suwon-si (KR); Seonghoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunsuk Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Soyoung Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,225.
Application 18/096,225 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/019899, filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0175110 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180413 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/03 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/03 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display module comprising:
a display panel, a partial area of which is configured to be deformable;
a support plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel supporting the display panel, the support plate comprising a first area, corresponding to the deformable area of the display panel and comprising multiple openings formed at specified intervals, and a second area excluding the first area;
a reinforcing plate disposed below the support plate;
a cushion layer disposed on a rear surface of the support plate at a position corresponding to the second area and directly above a top surface of the reinforcing plate, and comprising a material capable of absorbing external impact; and
a foreign material blocking member comprising a flexible material disposed on the rear surface of the support plate at a position corresponding to the first area and above a top surface of the reinforcing plate, and comprising a flexible material configured to be elongated according to deformation of the display panel.