Flexible display device
A flexible display device includes a flexible display module including a flexible display panel; a first frame and a second frame supporting the flexible display module; and a fixing coupler and an aligning coupler coupling the flexible display module with the first frame and the second frame, and the fixing coupler includes: a first fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the first frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module; and a second fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the second frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module, and the aligning coupler includes: a first aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the flexible display module; and a second aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the first frame and detachably coupled to the first aligning coupler.
1. A flexible display device comprising:
a flexible display module comprising a flexible display panel;
a first frame and a second frame supporting the flexible display module; a fixing coupler and an aligning coupler coupling the flexible display module with the first frame and the second frame; and
a hinge portion pivotally coupling the first frame and the second frame,
wherein the fixing coupler comprises: a first fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the first frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module; and a second fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the second frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module,
the aligning coupler comprises: a first aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the flexible display module; and a second aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the first frame and detachably coupled to the first aligning coupler, and
when at least one of the first frame and the second frame is rotated by the hinge portion and the flexible display is folded, the coupling of the first aligning coupler and the second aligning coupler is partially released in a part of a coupling area, and
wherein the first aligning coupler comprises a panel magnetic layer fixed to the flexible display module and having magnetic properties, and
the second aligning coupler comprises a first frame magnetic layer fixed on the first frame and having magnetic properties.
2. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aligning coupler further comprises a third aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the second frame.
3. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second aligning coupler and the third aligning coupler are located adjacent to each other at a boundary portion between the first frame and the second frame.
4. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panel magnetic layer comprises a first panel magnetic element having a first surface polarity, and the first frame magnetic layer comprises a first frame magnetic element having a second surface polarity different from the first surface polarity.
5. A flexible display device comprising:
a flexible display module comprising a flexible display panel;
a first frame and a second frame supporting the flexible display module; and
a fixing coupler and an aligning coupler coupling the flexible display module with the first frame and the second frame,
wherein the fixing coupler comprises: a first fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the first frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module; and a second fixing coupler fixing at least a portion of the second frame and at least a portion of the flexible display module, and
the aligning coupler comprises: a first aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the flexible display module; and a second aligning coupler fixed to another portion of the first frame and detachably coupled to the first aligning coupler,
wherein the first aligning coupler comprises a panel magnetic layer fixed to the flexible display module and having magnetic properties, and the second aligning coupler comprises a first frame magnetic layer fixed on the first frame and having magnetic properties,
wherein the panel magnetic layer comprises a first panel magnetic element having a first surface polarity, and
the first frame magnetic layer comprises a first frame magnetic element having a second surface polarity different from the first surface polarity, and
wherein the panel magnetic layer further comprises a second panel magnetic element being adjacent to the first panel magnetic element and having the second surface polarity, and
the first frame magnetic layer further comprises a second frame magnetic element being adjacent to the first frame magnetic element, having the first surface polarity and facing the second panel magnetic element.
6. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first panel magnetic element and the second panel magnetic element are arranged alternately in a direction perpendicular to a boundary portion between the first frame and the second frame, and
the first frame magnetic element and the second frame magnetic element are arranged alternately in the direction perpendicular to the boundary portion between the first frame and the second frame.
7. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first panel magnetic element and the second panel magnetic element are arranged alternately in a direction of the boundary portion between the first frame and the second frame, and
the first frame magnetic element and the second frame magnetic element are arranged alternately in the direction of the boundary portion between the first frame and the second frame.
8. The flexible display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixing coupler further comprises: a first fixing coupler fixing another portion of the first frame and a portion of the flexible display module; and a second fixing coupler fixing another portion of the second frame and a portion of the flexible display module.