US 12,134,262 B2
Display device
Min-Sung Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,498.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0148908 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151082 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/16 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 7/12 (2013.01) [B32B 3/16 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B32B 17/10 (2013.01); B32B 2307/546 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel which includes a first area, a second area that is folded and unfolded, and a third area sequentially disposed in a first direction;
a barrier layer which is disposed below the display panel and includes at least one opening overlapping the second area;
a first lower plate which is disposed below the barrier layer and overlaps the first area and a portion of the second area; and
a second lower plate which is disposed below the barrier layer and overlaps the third area and another portion of the second area,
wherein a width of the at least one opening in the first direction is less than a distance between the first lower plate and the second lower plate in the first direction.