IP Library Granted Patent US 12,628,294
Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,294 · App. 18/888,526 · Granted May 12, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Hyosung Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Seunghee Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H05K5/0217
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Patent No.
US 12,628,294
App. No.
18/888,526
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device can include a display part having a display panel configured to display an image, a first roller configured to wind or unwind the display part, a tape spring disposed on a rear surface of the display part, configured to move the display part in an upward/downward direction, and including a plurality of guide holes, and a second roller configured to wind or unwind the tape spring. The second roller includes a tape spring drum to which one end of the tape spring is fixed. The tape spring drum is configured to wind or unwind the tape spring and includes a plurality of guide protrusions. The second roller further includes a plurality of rotary pins spaced apart from the tape spring drum and disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the tape spring drum.

Claims (35)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display part comprising a display panel configured to display an image;

a first roller configured to wind or unwind the display part;

a tape spring disposed on a rear surface of the display part, configured to move the display part in an upward/downward direction, and including a plurality of guide holes; and

a second roller configured to wind or unwind the tape spring,

wherein the second roller comprises:

a tape spring drum to which one end of the tape spring is fixed, the tape spring drum being configured to wind or unwind the tape spring and including a plurality of guide protrusions; and

a plurality of rotary pins spaced apart from the tape spring drum and disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the tape spring drum.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of guide protrusions of the tape spring drum is inserted into the plurality of guide holes of the tape spring when the tape spring is wound around the tape spring drum.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of guide holes is disposed in a longitudinal direction of the tape spring.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a rotation axis of the tape spring drum and a rotation axis of the plurality of rotary pins are parallel to each other.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second roller further comprises:

a pair of tape spring side frames disposed to face each other, the pair of tape spring side frames including a plurality of first holes coupled to two opposite ends of the tape spring drum, and a plurality of second holes coupled to two opposite ends of the plurality of rotary pins;

a flat spring disposed in the plurality of second holes of the pair of tape spring side frames and configured to adjoin the plurality of rotary pins; and

a plurality of sub-rollers respectively coupled to the plurality of rotary pins.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the flat spring is configured to push the plurality of rotary pins in a direction toward the tape spring drum.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the flat spring is configured to allow the plurality of sub-rollers to push the tape spring in the direction toward the tape spring drum.

8 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a distance between the plurality of sub-rollers and the tape spring drum increases as an amount by which the tape spring is wound around the tape spring drum increases.

9 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a distance between the plurality of rotary pins and the tape spring drum increases as an amount by which the tape spring is wound around the tape spring drum increases.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of rotary pins is configured to move in the plurality of second holes in a direction toward or away from the tape spring drum.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the flat spring is configured to be curved toward insides of the plurality of second holes when the plurality of rotary pins is positioned in the plurality of second holes, and

wherein the flat spring is configured to be stretched toward an outside of the plurality of second holes when the plurality of rotary pins is disposed outside of the plurality of second holes.

12 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of second holes disposed in each of the pair of tape spring side frames is connected.

13 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of second holes disposed in each of the pair of tape spring side frames is spaced apart from one another, and the flat spring includes a plurality of sub-flat springs spaced apart from one another so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of rotary pins.

14 . The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a photo sensor including a light-transmitting part and a light-receiving part,

wherein the second roller further includes a coupling part disposed on the tape spring drum and coupled to the pair of tape spring side frames, and

wherein the coupling part includes a sensor hole through which light emitted from the light-transmitting part passes.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the light-transmitting part is disposed at one side based on the sensor hole, and the light-receiving part is disposed at another side based on the sensor hole.

16 . The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a roller controller configured to control rotations of the first and second rollers,

wherein the roller controller controls the rotations of the first and second rollers based on a sensing result of the light-receiving part of the photo sensor.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a motor connected to the second roller,

wherein the roller controller controls the rotations of the first and second rollers by controlling a rotation of the motor based on the sensing result of the light-receiving part of the photo sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2024
From: LEE, HYOSUNG; LEE, SEUNGHEE
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0124675 · Sep 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250098083A1 · Mar 20, 2025
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