US 12,256,502 B2
Display device
Dong Jin Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Han Sun Ryou, Seoul (KR); and Min Gu Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,582.
Application 18/402,582 is a continuation of application No. 18/170,778, filed on Feb. 17, 2023, granted, now 11,903,148.
Application 18/170,778 is a continuation of application No. 17/214,514, filed on Mar. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,589,465, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 17/214,514 is a continuation of application No. 16/532,206, filed on Aug. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,966,329, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0097452 (KR), filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147636 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising at least one bending area;
a metal chassis disposed below the display panel and defining at least one opening overlapping the bending area in a plan view;
a first rigidity portion disposed below the metal chassis and overlapping an outer area of the display panel in a plan view; and
a second rigidity portion disposed below the metal chassis, overlapping an inner area of the display panel in a plan view, overlapping the first rigidity portion in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the display device in a cross-sectional view, and having a rigidity different from that of the first rigidity portion.