US 12,396,112 B2
Foldable display apparatus
Jungkyu Park, Seoul (KR); Minkyung Kim, Seoul (KR); Hosung Park, Seoul (KR); SangJun Lee, Seoul (KR); Hae Woong Park, Gumi-si (KR); TaeWoo Kim, Paju-si (KR); and Eunae Cho, Gimpo-si (KR)
Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR); and LMT CO., LTD., Gumi-si (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR); and LMT Co., Ltd., Gumi-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,948.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0194332 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0181996 (KR), filed on Dec. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217616 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2025.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); E05D 3/122 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel;
a first set housing and a second set housing arranged in a first direction and respectively supporting two different portions of the display panel; and
a hinge assembly disposed between the first set housing and the second set housing and configured to fold and unfold the first set housing and the second set housing, the hinge assembly including:
a mid bar extending between the first set housing and the second set housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a first flap bar disposed between the first set housing and the mid bar;
a second flap bar disposed between the second set housing and the mid bar;
a fastening member fastened with the mid bar, the first flap bar, and the second flap bar;
a support member coupled to the fastening member;
a first cam and a second cam disposed respectively at opposite sides of the support member in the first direction and coupled respectively with the first flap bar and the second flap bar; and
a first gear arm and a second gear arm coupled respectively with the first cam and the second cam and coupled respectively with the first set housing and the second set housing,
wherein the mid bar comprises a plurality of insertion holes fastened with the fastening member in the second direction.