IP Library Granted Patent US 10,969,828
Granted Patent B2
US 10,969,828 · App. 16/913,295 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Display apparatus

Inventors: Kyungseop Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sungkyun Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jinbo Shim (Yongin-si, KR); Jaewon Choi (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jung-moo Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1641G06F1/1616G06F1/1643G06F3/04886
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Patent No.
US 10,969,828
App. No.
16/913,295
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display module in which a folding area foldable with respect to a virtual folding axis on a plane and first and second non-folding areas adjacent to both sides of the folding area are defined and which is configured to display an image; a support plate below the display module; and an adhesion film between the display module and the support plate. The support plate includes a first support plate bonded to the adhesion film on the first non-folding area, and a second support plate bonded to the adhesion film on the second non-folding area. The first support plate includes a plurality of first protrusions protruding toward the second support plate, the second support plate includes a plurality of second protrusions protruding toward the first support plate, and the first and second protrusions are alternately arranged with respect to each other.

Claims (27)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display module in which a folding area foldable with respect to a virtual folding axis on a plane and a plurality of non-folding areas adjacent to both sides of the folding area are defined and which is configured to display an image; and

a support plate arranged below the display module,

wherein the support plate comprises:

a first support plate on a first non-folding area of the plurality of non-folding areas; and

a second support plate spaced apart from the first support plate on a second non-folding area of the plurality of non-folding areas,

wherein a spaced space between the first support plate and the second support plate is provided in the folding area with a zigzag shape.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first side surface of the first support plate faces a second side surface of the second support plate, and

the first support plate comprises a plurality of first protrusions extended from the first side surface toward the second side surface, and the second support plate comprises a plurality of second protrusions extended from the second side surface toward the first side surface.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein, the first and second protrusions are alternately arranged with respect to each other,

the spaced space is formed in the zigzag shape by an arrangement of the first and second protrusions.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

a first adhesion film configured to fix the first support plate to the first non-folding area; and

a second adhesion film configured to fix the second support plate to the second non-folding area.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

a first stepped layer between the first protrusions and the first adhesion film; and

a second stepped layer between the second protrusions and the second adhesion film.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first and second stepped layers are fixed to the first and second support plates, respectively.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support plate has rigidity greater than that of the display module.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesion film between the display module and the support plate,

wherein the adhesion film overlaps with the spaced space.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a non-adhesion film between the adhesion film and the support plate on the folding area.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the non-adhesion film comprises fluorine or titanium.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the non-adhesion film comprises:

a first non-adhesion film between the first support plate and the adhesion film on the folding area; and

a second non-adhesion film between the second support plate and the adhesion film on the folding area.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first and second non-adhesion films are fixed to the first and second support plates, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: KIM, KYUNGSEOP; PARK, SUNGKYUN; SHIM, JINBO; CHOI, JAEWON; HONG, JUNG-MOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053497/0816 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0067310 · Jun 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16384042 · Apr 15, 2019
Related Publication 20200326750A1 · Oct 15, 2020
Cited By (1)
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