US 12,277,013 B2
Display panel and display device including the same
Minjic Lee, Paju-si (KR); Yeseul Han, Gimpo-si (KR); Jeongok Jo, Seoul (KR); and Kwanghyun Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,300.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0116273 (KR), filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075073 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09G 3/3266 (2016.01); G09G 3/3275 (2016.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G09G 3/3266 (2013.01); G09G 3/3275 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0297 (2013.01); G09G 2310/08 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel, comprising:
a first panel area having a first front face and a first rear face;
a second panel area having a second front face and a second rear face, the second panel area being configured to overlap the first panel area with the second rear face facing the first rear face with the display panel in a folded state at a boundary between the first and second panel areas;
a third panel area having a third front face and a third rear face, the third panel area being configured to overlap the second panel area with the third front face facing the second front face with the display panel in a folded state at a boundary between the second and third panel areas;
a first hinge coupling for coupling a first end of the first panel area and a first end of the second panel area to each other in a hinge coupling manner; and
a second hinge coupling for coupling a second end of the second panel area and a first end of the third panel area to each other in the hinge coupling manner;
a transparent cover covering the first front face of the first panel area;
a moving holder connected to the transparent cover;
a moving rail for providing a movement path for the moving holder; and
an outer body extending from a second end of the third panel area,
wherein the first panel area, the second panel area, and the third panel area are continuously arranged and are integrally formed with each other,
wherein the outer body includes:
a cover-receiving hole formed in the outer body; and
an accommodation space inside the outer body for accommodating the transparent cover inserted into the cover-receiving hole, and
wherein, with the moving holder moving from one side to the other side along the moving rail, the transparent cover is configured to be inserted into the cover-receiving hole and into the accommodation space of the outer body.