Display device
A display device includes a display module including a plurality of non-folding portions arranged along a first direction, and a folding portion disposed between the non-folding portions; a support part facing each of the non-folding portions and the folding portion; an adhesive between the support part and each of the non-folding portions, respectively; and a sub-support part between the folding portion and the support part. Along a second direction crossing the first direction, a first width of the sub-support part is less than a second width of the display module.
1. A display device comprising:
a display module comprising a plurality of non-folding portions which are arranged along a first direction, and a folding portion which is disposed between the non-folding portions and at which the display module is folded;
a support part disposed facing each of the non-folding portions and the folding portion of the display module;
an adhesive disposed between the support part and each of the non-folding portions of the display module, respectively; and
a sub-support part disposed between the folding portion and the support part,
wherein along a second direction crossing the first direction, a first width of the sub-support part is less than a second width of the display module.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein along the second direction, opposing ends of the sub-support part are spaced apart from respective corresponding opposing ends of the display module at the folding portion thereof.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein along the second direction,
the sub-support part defines a first end and a second end which is opposite to the first end,
the display module at the folding portion thereof defines a first end and a second end respectively corresponding to the first end and the second end of the sub-support part,
the first end of the sub-support part is spaced apart from the first end of the display module at the folding portion thereof by a first distance,
the second end of the sub-support part is spaced apart from the second end of the display module at the folding portion thereof by a second distance, and
the first distance is equal to the second distance.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
a ratio between the second width and the first width is about 1:0.9, and
a ratio between the second width and the first distance is about 1:0.01 to about 0.03.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein along the second direction,
the sub-support part defines a first end and a second end which is opposite to the first end,
the display module at the folding portion thereof defines a first end and a second end respectively corresponding to the first end and the second end of the sub-support part,
the first end of the sub-support part is spaced apart from the first end of the display module at the folding portion thereof by a first distance,
the second end of the sub-support part is spaced apart from the second end of the display module at the folding portion thereof by a second distance, and
the first distance is different from the second distance.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the non-folding portions of the display module comprise a first non-folding portion and a second non-folding portion which are arranged in the first direction, and
the adhesive comprises a first adhesive disposed between the first non-folding portion and the support part, and a second adhesive disposed between the second non-folding portion and the support part, the second adhesive being disconnected from the first adhesive to define a gap therebetween.
7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the sub-support part comprises in the gap defined between the first adhesive and the second adhesive:
a first sub-support part disposed between the first adhesive and the second adhesive; and
a second sub-support part disposed between the first sub-support part and the second adhesive.
8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein along the first direction, a boundary between the first sub-support part and the second sub-support part corresponds to a central portion of the folding portion of the display module.
9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the support part comprises:
a first support part facing each of the first adhesive and the first sub-support part; and
a second support part facing each of the second adhesive and the second sub-support part.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein
the first adhesive attaches the first non-folding portion of the display module to the first support part, and
the second adhesive attaches the second non-folding portion of the display module to the second support part.
11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein
the first sub-support part is attached to the first support part to be movable together with the first support part, and
the second sub-support part is attached to the second support part to be movable together with the second support part.
12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein
the display module is foldable at the folding portion thereof, with respect to a rotation axis parallel to the second direction and disposed corresponding to the folding portion, and
the display module folded at the folding portion, about the rotation axis:
disposes the non-folding portions of the display module facing each other,
separates the first support part and the second support part from each other at the folding portion of the display module,
separates the first sub-support part and the second sub-support part from each other at the folding portion of the display module, and
separates both of the first and second sub-support parts from the folding portion of the display module.
13. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first and second sub-support parts are detachably connected to the folding portion of the display module to be separable from the folding portion.
14. The display device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first and second sub-support parts includes first sides lengthwise extended in the first direction and second sides lengthwise extended in the second direction, lengths of the second sides being greater than lengths of the first sides.
15. The display device of claim 7 , wherein
along the second direction,
each sub-support part among the first and second sub-support parts defines a first end and a second end which is opposite to the first end,
the display module at the folding portion thereof defines a first end and a second end respectively corresponding to the first end and the second end of the each sub-support part, and
the first and second ends of the each sub-support part are respectively spaced apart from the corresponding first and second ends of the display module to define grooves between the folding portion of the display module and the support part respectively at each of the first and second ends of the sub-support part, and
the display device further comprises a plurality of dummy support parts respectively disposed in the grooves.
16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein in a third direction crossing a plane defined by the first and second directions, a thickness of each of the dummy support parts is less than a thickness of the each sub-support part.
17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein in a cross-section viewed along the first direction, each dummy support part among the dummy support parts comprises:
a first side and a second side which forms a right angle with the first side; and
an oblique side which connects ends of the first and second sides to each other and faces the right angle, the oblique side having a curved shape,
wherein the first and second sides of the each dummy support part contact the each sub-support part and the support part, respectively.
18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein in a cross-section viewed along the first direction, each dummy support part among the dummy support parts has a right triangle shape including:
a first side and a second side which forms a right angle with the first side; and
an oblique side which connects ends of the first and second sides to each other and faces the right angle,
wherein the first and second sides of the each dummy support part contact the each sub-support part and the support part, respectively.
19. The display device of claim 7 , wherein
along the second direction, each sub-support part among the first and second sub-support parts has a width that gradually decreases in a direction from the support part toward the display module, and
in a cross-section viewed along the first direction, each of opposing side surfaces of the each sub-support part has a curved shape to define the width that gradually decreases in the direction from the support part toward the display module.
20. A display device comprising:
a display module comprising a plurality of non-folding portions arranged along a first direction, and a folding portion which is disposed between the non-folding portions and at which the display module is folded;
a support part disposed facing each of the non-folding portions and the folding portion of the display module;
an adhesive disposed between the support part and each of the non-folding portions, respectively; and
a sub-support part disposed between the folding portion and the support part,
wherein along a second direction crossing the first direction,
the sub-support part defines a first end and a second end which is opposite to the first end,
the display module at the folding portion thereof defines a first end and a second end respectively corresponding to the first end and the second end of the sub-support part, and
the first and second ends of the sub-support part are respectively spaced apart from the corresponding first and second ends of the display module at the folding portion thereof to define grooves between the folding portion of the display module and the support part respectively at each of the first and second ends of the sub-support part.