US 12,451,032 B2
Display apparatus
JunHyung Kim, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/753,594.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0108053 (KR), filed on Aug. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0061823 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel; and
at least one plate disposed under the display panel,
wherein the at least one plate includes:
a folding axis at a central portion of the plate;
a variable area including the folding axis; and
non-variable areas disposed at both sides of the variable area,
wherein the variable area includes:
a first area including the folding axis;
first link areas disposed at both sides of the first area; and
a second area disposed at both sides of the first area, the first link area disposed between the first area and the second area,
wherein the non-variable areas include:
a second link area connected to the second area; and
a third area connected to the second link area,
wherein the at least one plate includes at least one opening pattern being disposed in the variable area, having a length parallel to a folding axis direction and a width perpendicular to the folding axis direction, and being spaced apart with a predetermined gap.