US 12,429,922 B2
Window and display device including the same
Sunghoon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Kyung-Man Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Dawoon Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Sanghoon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Seungho Kim, Asan-si (KR); Yuri Kim, Guri-si (KR); Min-Hoon Choi, Seoul (KR); and Seongjin Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,626.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0182175 (KR), filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195174 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A window comprising:
a first folding portion foldable about a first folding axis extended in a first direction, and including an upper surface and a lower surface facing each other; and
a second folding portion foldable about a second folding axis extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, and including the upper surface, the lower surface and a portion of the first folding portion,
wherein:
a plurality of first upper grooves each of which is extended in the first direction and recessed from the upper surface and a plurality of first lower grooves each of which is extended in the first direction and recessed from the lower surface are defined in the first folding portion,
a plurality of second upper grooves each of which is extended in the second direction and recessed from the upper surface and a plurality of second lower grooves each of which is extended in the second direction and recessed from the lower surface are defined in the second folding portion,
the portion of the first folding portion included in the second folding portion is defined as a crossing portion,
the plurality of first upper grooves, the plurality of first lower grooves, the plurality of second upper grooves, and the plurality of second lower grooves are disposed in the crossing portion, and
the plurality of first upper grooves, the plurality of first lower grooves, the plurality of second upper grooves, and the plurality of second lower grooves are formed within one layer.