US 11,856,714 B2
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
Myungan Min, Cheonan-si (KR); Yonggi Ko, Asan-si (KR); Hyoung-Jin Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); and Hyeji Jang, Asan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/095,022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0026893 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282279 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G09F 9/30 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01); B29C 43/20 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0017 (2013.01) [B29C 43/021 (2013.01); B29C 43/203 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 15/046 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); B29C 2043/023 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3475 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0278 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising a first non-foldable area, a second non-foldable area, and a foldable area, the display device comprising:
a display module comprising a display panel;
a support substrate supporting the display module, comprising an upper surface facing the display module and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and provided with a groove defined in the lower surface to overlap the foldable area in a thickness direction of the support substrate;
a first support plate disposed under the support substrate and disposed in the first non-foldable area and the foldable area, not in the second non-foldable area; and
a second support plate disposed under the support substrate and disposed in the second non-foldable area and the foldable area, not in the first non-foldable area,
wherein the second support plate is spaced apart from the first support plate in the foldable area, and does not overlap the first support plate in the thickness direction when the display device is unfolded.