US 12,035,610 B2
Foldable display device
Jinhyoung Kim, Seoul (KR); Changmin Park, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); and Jaechun Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,340.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0000537 (KR), filed on Jan. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216436 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 77/10 (2023.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 77/111 (2023.02) [B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); B32B 2307/546 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a flexible display module comprising:
a foldable area comprising:
a first area;
a second area spaced apart from the first area and disposed in at least two sides of the first area; and
a third area disposed between the first area and the second area; and
a non-foldable area disposed in at least two sides of the foldable area; and
a first plate disposed under the flexible display module, wherein
the first plate comprises a plurality of grooves overlapping the second area and penetrating the first plate,
the first plate overlapping the first area does not comprise grooves, and
the first plate overlapping the third area does not comprise grooves.