Foldable display device with support plate
A display device includes a first plate, a second plate disposed on the first plate, and a display module disposed on the second plate. The display module includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a first folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and a second folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area. The first folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face one another in a first use form. The second folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face away one another in a second use form.
1 . A display device, comprising:
a first plate;
a second plate disposed on the first plate; and
a display module disposed on the second plate, the display module including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a first folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and a second folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area,
wherein the first folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face one another in a first use form,
wherein the second folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face away one another in a second use form,
wherein the first plate is divided into two portions that are spaced apart from one another within the first folding area, and
wherein the first plate is formed of a first material in the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the first folding area and is formed of a second material different from the first material in the second folding area.
2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first folding area is folded inwardly in the first use form, and the second folding area is folded outwardly in the second use form.
3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first folding area directly contacts the second non-folding area, and
wherein the second folding area directly contacts the first non-folding area.
4 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display area where an image is displayed,
wherein only a portion of the display area overlapping the first non-folding area is exposed in the first use form.
5 . The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a display area where an image is displayed,
wherein the display area is entirely exposed in the second use form.
6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first folding area is configured to fold about a first folding axis extending in a second direction,
wherein the second folding area is configured to fold about a second folding axis extending in the second direction, and
wherein a width of the display device in a first direction, crossing the second direction, in the first use form is different from a width of the display device in the first direction in the second use form.
7 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the second plate overlapping the first folding area includes openings arranged in a lattice shape.
8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first folding area is configured to fold about a first folding axis extending in a second direction,
wherein the second folding area is configured to fold about a second folding axis extending in the second direction, and
wherein each of the openings extend in the second direction.
9 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a second portion of the second plate overlapping the second folding area includes openings arranged in a lattice shape.
10 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a second portion of the second plate overlapping the second folding area includes patterns that are spaced apart from each other.
11 . The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first folding area is configured to fold about a first folding axis extending in a second direction,
wherein the second folding area is configured to fold about a second folding axis extending in the second direction, and
wherein the patterns extend in the second direction.
12 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first plate overlapping the second folding area includes openings arranged in a lattice shape.
13 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first plate overlapping the second folding area includes patterns spaced apart from each other.
14 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first plate overlapping the second folding area includes polyurethane and/or silicon.
15 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a single-sided adhesive portion adhered to the first plate in the first folding area.
16 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a double-sided adhesive portion adhered to the first plate and the second plate in the second folding area.
17 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a camera,
wherein the camera is exposed in the first use form and the second use form.
18 . An electronic device including a display device, the display device comprising:
a first plate;
a second plate disposed on the first plate; and
a display module disposed on the second plate, and including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a first folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and a second folding area disposed between the first non-folding area the second non-folding area,
wherein a first portion of the second plate overlapping the first folding area has a first pattern,
wherein a second portion of the second plate overlapping the second folding area has a second pattern different from the first pattern,
wherein the first plate is divided into two portions that are spaced apart from one another within the first folding area, and
wherein the first plate is formed of a first material in the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the first folding area and is formed of a second material different from the first material in the second folding area.
19 . The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the first folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face one another in the first use form, and the second folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face away from one another in the second use form.
20 . The electronic device according to claim 19 , wherein the second non-folding area is folded inwardly in the first use form, and is folded outwardly in the second use form.