US 12,455,449 B2
Display device
Kitae Keum, Seoul (KR); Junseok Tak, Seoul (KR); Hyongil Kil, Seoul (KR); and Minook Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/849,390
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/004091
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/182545, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0199308 A1, Jun. 19, 2025
Int. Cl. G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0149 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0842 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel having a light emitting region and a transparent region;
a plurality of plates positioned behind the display panel, extending in a first direction, and sequentially arranged in a second direction;
a side frame extending along a periphery of the display panel and to which each of the plurality of plates is coupled so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis that is parallel to the first direction;
a motor;
a drive pulley fixed to a rotating shaft of the motor;
a plurality of gears which are fixed to the rotation axes of the plurality of plates, respectively, and which sequentially rotates in the second direction;
a driven pulley opposite to the drive pulley with respect to the plurality of gears;
a belt engaged with the drive pulley and the driven pulley; and
a plurality of protrusions formed at an inner circumferential surface of the belt, arranged alternately with the plurality of gears, and having a shape engaged with the plurality of gears,
wherein the plurality of plates sequentially rotate in the second direction and open or close a rear of the display panel,
wherein the plurality of plates comprise:
a first plate; and
a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in the second direction, and
wherein a start point of rotation of the second plate is before an end point of rotation of the first plate.