US 12,253,881 B2
Foldable display device
Yunjae Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Hoseung Kang, Asan-si (KR); and Jong-Hyun Lee, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/821,845.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0002586 (KR), filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221759 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a display module including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area;
a support member disposed below the display module including a first support layer overlapping the first non-folding area, a second support layer overlapping the second non-folding area, and a pattern layer including a conductive metal material; and
a digitizer disposed below the support member,
wherein the first support layer and the second support layer each include a material different from a material of the pattern layer,
wherein the pattern layer overlaps the first and second non-folding areas and the folding area,
wherein the pattern layer surrounds the first and second support layers in a first plane of the support member.