US 12,004,312 B2
Deformable display device with support structure
Jae Suk Yoo, Seoul (KR); Kyung Rok Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Young Su Kim, Gunpo-si (KR); and Hyo Jin Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,382.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0144880 (KR), filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131358 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device including a deformable display unit, the display device comprising:
a display panel configured to display images in a first direction; and
a supporting part positioned under the display panel,
wherein the supporting part includes a plurality of springs that are arranged in a second direction and extend in a third direction, wherein each spring of the plurality of springs has a coil shape, wherein each spring of the plurality of springs is wrapped around an adjacent spring of the plurality of springs, and wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are substantially orthogonal to each other.