US 12,346,154 B2
Slidable display device
Man Sik Myung, Seoul (KR); Donghyeon Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Ju Yeop Seong, Suwon-si (KR); Hee-Kwon Lee, Asan-si (KR); and Jae-Soo Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,818.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0041151 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315146 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1624 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slidable display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a support member supporting the display panel, wherein
the support member includes:
a first portion maintaining a form, and
a second portion adjacent to the first portion and transformable,
the second portion of the support member includes a plurality of bars, and
each of the plurality of bars includes an edge side including:
a first side;
a second side connected to the first side and being inclined from the first side;
a third side including two sides forming a step;
a fourth side connecting between the two sides of the third side;
a fifth side including two sides facing the third side and forming a step; and
a sixth side connecting between the two sides of the fifth side.