IP Library Granted Patent US 12666551
Granted Patent B2
US 12666551 · App. 18/460,737 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Display device

Inventor: Min Sok Jang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H05K5/02H10K59/12H10K2102/311
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12666551
App. No.
18/460,737
Filed
Sep 5, 2023
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2841
USPC
361/807
Abstract

A display device including a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area, and a first support member disposed under the display panel and supporting the display panel, the first support member including a first support layer including a porous layer including multiple holes disposed on at least one side, the porous layer overlaps the non-folding area.

Claims (49)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area; and

a first support member disposed under the display panel and supporting the display panel, wherein

the first support member includes a first support layer including a porous layer including a plurality of holes disposed on at least one side, and

the porous layer overlaps the non-folding area,

wherein the first support layer includes an anodized metal, and

wherein the first support layer includes a metal base layer and an oxide film disposed on at least one side of the metal base layer.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the porous layer is disposed on an entire surface of the first support layer.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the oxide film includes the plurality of holes, and

the oxide film is disposed on both an upper side and a bottom side of the metal base layer.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first support layer includes a folding portion overlapping the folding area.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the first support member further includes a first metal layer disposed between the display panel and the first support layer, and

the first metal layer includes a folding portion overlapping the folding area.

6 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the folding portion is selected from a lattice pattern of a plurality of openings, a protrusion and depression pattern, and a plurality of links connected to one another to allow for rotation.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first support member further includes

a first metal layer disposed between the display panel and the first support layer; and

a cladding of a second metal layer disposed under the first support layer.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the metal base layer includes at least one of metal materials including Al, Ti, Cu, Mg, Zn, Ta, Hf, and Nb.

9 . A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a first support member disposed under the display panel and supporting the display panel; and

a second support member disposed under the first support member and supporting the display panel,

wherein the first support member includes a first support layer including a porous layer including a plurality of holes disposed on at least one side,

wherein the display panel includes a folding area and a non-folding area,

wherein the second support member includes a first plate and a second plate overlapping the non-folding area, and

wherein the first plate and the second plate are spaced apart from each other in the folding area.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the porous layer is disposed on both an upper side and a bottom side of the first support layer.

11 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first support layer includes an anodized metal.

12 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first support member includes a folding portion overlapping the folding area.

13 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the second support member includes a second support layer including a porous layer including a plurality of holes disposed on at least one side.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the porous layer of the second support member is disposed on both an upper side and a bottom side of the second support layer.

15 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second support layer includes an anodized metal.

16 . A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a first support member disposed under the display panel and supporting the display panel; and

a second support member disposed under the first support member and supporting the display panel,

wherein the first support member includes:

a first metal layer;

a second metal layer; and

a first support layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer and including a plurality of holes in at least one side, and

the second support member includes:

a third metal layer;

a fourth metal layer; and

a second support layer disposed between the third metal layer and the fourth metal layer and including a plurality of holes in at least one side.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the second support member further includes:

a first adhesive layer disposed between the third metal layer and the second support layer; and

a second adhesive layer disposed between the second support layer and the fourth metal layer.