US 11,989,055 B2
Foldable display device
Yong Kwon Soh, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,598.
Application 18/047,598 is a continuation of application No. 17/024,674, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,493,954.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0124754 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062331 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device, comprising:
a flexible display module that includes a first non-foldable portion, a second non-foldable portion, and a foldable portion disposed between the first neon-foldable portion and the second non-foldable portion;
a case that supports the flexible display module when the flexible display module is folded or unfolded, wherein the case is disposed on a non-display surface of the display module and includes a first cover that covers the first non-foldable portion, a second cover that covers the second non-foldable portion, and a coupling cover that covers the foldable portion; and
a hinge rotatably connected to the coupling cover and that includes a first portion that supports the first non-foldable portion and a second portion is aligned on a same plane with the first portion, wherein, in the same plane with the first portion, the second portion is separated and spaced apart from the first portion,
wherein the second portion supports the foldable portion when the flexible display module is unfolded, and
wherein the second portion is spaced apart from and does not support the foldable portion when the flexible display module is folded.