US 12,117,874 B2
Display device including a support module having joints
Tae Chang Kim, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,321.
Application 18/506,321 is a continuation of application No. 17/814,169, filed on Jul. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,846,995.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0173844 (KR), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077913 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including a first area and a second area proximate to the first area in a first direction; and
a support module including a first support layer disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel and overlapping both the first area and the second area, and a second support layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first support layer, overlapping the second area, and not overlapping the first area,
wherein the first support layer of the support module includes:
a first part overlapping the second area, and
a plate overlapping the first area,
wherein the second support layer of the support module includes a plurality of joints that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and
wherein each of the plurality of joints is disposed on a bottom surface of the first part of the first support layer.