US 12,355,908 B2
Display device
Taehyeog Jung, Hwaseong-si (KR); Tae-Chang Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Hyun Chul Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); and Soyoun Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/794,050
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/007748
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215580, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0048055 (KR), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350462 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04M 1/0268 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H10K 59/873 (2023.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, which is variable between a first mode and a second mode, the display device comprising:
a display module comprising a first portion, a second portion disposed under the first portion in the first mode, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the third portion is bent in the first mode;
a support part comprising a support plate disposed on a rear surface of the first portion and a plurality of support bars disposed on rear surfaces of the second portion and the third portion;
a plate part disposed under the support part and comprising a magnet part movable in a first direction to be away from or to approach the first portion; and
a driving part disposed under the plate part,
wherein, when the display device is switched from the first mode to the second mode, the third portion is disposed parallel to the first portion, the magnet part moves in the first direction to overlap the third portion, and the magnet part is closer to the third portion than the second portion disposed under the third portion.