US 12,455,597 B2
Housing case and display device including the same
Tae Chang Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Sung Sang Ahn, Yongin-si (KR); Tae Hoon Yang, Yongin-si (KR); and Byoung Su Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/185,177.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0102110 (KR), filed on Aug. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061470 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel comprising a first active area and a second active area that is adjacent to the first active area in a first direction, the second active area configured to slide from the first active area in the first direction;
an input unit disposed adjacent to the display panel;
a hinge having a folding axis in the first direction and configured to couple the display panel to the input unit so that the display panel and the input unit are configured to be folded on the folding axis; and
a first motor gear configured to provide power for a sliding operation of the second active area of the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises a first slide for sliding the second active area of the display panel in the first direction,
wherein the first motor gear is disposed on one side of the hinge in the first direction to engage with the first slide,
wherein both the hinge and the first motor gear are disposed between the display panel and the input unit,
wherein the first slide comprises:
a first lower slide; and
a first upper slide spaced apart from the first lower slide in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
wherein a roller is disposed between the first lower slide and the first upper slide, and
wherein the second active area of the display panel is bent to surround at least a part of the roller.