US 11,989,063 B2
Flexible display apparatus
Tae-Hyeog Jung, Yongin-si (KR); and Sang-Wol Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,930.
Application 15/700,593 is a division of application No. 14/064,481, filed on Oct. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,791,891, issued on Oct. 17, 2017.
Application 17/819,930 is a continuation of application No. 16/529,492, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,416,032.
Application 16/529,492 is a continuation of application No. 16/105,941, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,401,909, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 16/105,941 is a continuation of application No. 15/700,593, filed on Sep. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,054,989, issued on Aug. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0060219 (KR), filed on May 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390987 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:
a display panel configured to display an image, the display panel comprising:
a first display part;
a second display part; and
a hinge display part between the first and second display parts, the hinge display part configured to be foldable, the hinge display part having a mixed shape of a substantially semi-circular curvature shape and substantially flat shapes when the flexible display apparatus is completely folded; and
a case configured to cover the display panel, the case comprising:
a first cover configured to cover a first portion of the hinge display part and the first display part;
a second cover configured to cover a second portion of the hinge display part and the second display part; and
a third cover configured to cover a third portion of the hinge display part interposed between the first and second portions of the hinge display part,
wherein a distal end of the first display part is directly connected to the first cover, and a distal end of the second display part is directly connected to the second cover such that the display panel is stretched between its distal ends when the flexible display apparatus is completely unfolded, and
wherein the first display part is co-planar with at least a portion of the first cover, and the second display part is co-planar with at least a portion of the second cover.