Display device
A display device includes a display module, first and second supporters disposed under the display module and arranged in a first direction, spacers disposed between the first and second supporters, third and fourth supporters respectively disposed under the first and second supporters, hinge parts connected to the third and fourth supporters, sliding parts disposed in openings defined in the third and fourth supporters and connected to the first and second supporters, and elastic parts disposed in guide grooves defined in the third and fourth supporters and extending in the first direction from the openings toward distal portions of the third and fourth supporters.
1. A display device comprising:
a display module;
a first supporter and a second supporter disposed under the display module and arranged in a first direction;
spacers disposed between the first supporter and the second supporter;
a third supporter and a fourth supporter respectively disposed under the first supporter and the second supporter;
hinge parts connected to the third supporter and the fourth supporter;
sliding parts disposed in openings defined in the third supporter and the fourth supporter and connected to the first supporter and the second supporter; and
elastic parts disposed in guide grooves defined in the third supporter and the fourth supporter and extending in the first direction from the openings toward a distal portion of the third supporter and a distal portion of the fourth supporter.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the spacers are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
the display module is disposed between the spacers.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the display device comprises:
grooves defined at portions where a first side of the third supporter is connected to a second side and a third side of the third supporter and at portions where a first side of the fourth supporter is connected to a second side and a third side of the fourth supporter, wherein
the second side and the third side of the third supporter are opposite to each other in the second direction,
the second side and the third side of the fourth supporter are opposite to each other in the second direction,
the first side of the third supporter and the first side of the fourth supporter face each other in the first direction,
the grooves extend in the second direction, and
the spaces are disposed in the grooves.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the hinge parts are disposed on the third supporter and the fourth supporter and connected to portions of the third supporter and the fourth supporter, which are adjacent to the second and third sides of the third supporter and the second and third sides of the fourth supporter.
5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the hinge parts provide rotation axes extending in the second direction, to the third supporter and the fourth supporter, respectively, and
the third supporter and the fourth supporter rotate about the rotation axes.
6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein each of the spacers comprises:
a support bar connected to a lower portion of a corresponding one of the hinge parts and extending in the second direction; and
a protrusion protruding upward from the support bar,
wherein
the support bars of the spacers are disposed in the grooves, and
the protrusions of the spacers are disposed between the first supporter and the second supporter.
7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the protrusions are disposed adjacent to a second side and a third side of the first supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction, and a second side and a third side of the second supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction.
8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the hinge parts comprises:
a body portion overlapping the grooves in a plan view; and
a first wing portion and a second wing portion connected to the body portion, extending in the first direction, and arranged in the first direction,
wherein
the first wing portion and the second wing portion are respectively connected to the third supporter and the fourth supporter, and
a side of the first wing portion and a side of the second wing portion, which face each other, are connected to the body portion to rotate.
9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein
the support bar is connected to a lower portion of the body portion, and
the protrusion does not overlap the first wing portion and the second wing portion in a plan view.
10. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising cover parts covering:
a second side and a third side of the first supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction,
a second side and a third side of the second supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction,
a second side and a third side of the third supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction, and
a second side and a third side of the fourth supporter, which are opposite to each other in the second direction.
11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the cover parts are:
disposed on portions of the third and fourth supporters, which are adjacent to the second and third sides of the third supporter and the second and third sides of the fourth supporter,
connected to the third supporter and the fourth supporter, and
disposed on portions of the first supporter and the second supporter, which are adjacent to the second and third sides of the first supporter and the second and third sides of the second supporter.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the cover parts do not overlap the hinge parts and are not connected to the first and second supporters.
13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
a first side of the third supporter and a first side of the fourth supporter face each other in the first direction, and
the openings are adjacent to a distal side of the third supporter, which is opposite to the first side of the third supporter, and a distal side of the fourth supporter, which is opposite to the first side of the fourth supporter.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the guide grooves are defined between the openings defined in the third supporter and the distal side of the third supporter and between the openings defined in the fourth supporter and the distal side of the fourth supporter.
15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the elastic parts contact sides of the sliding parts facing the distal sides of the third and fourth supporters.
16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the sliding parts comprises:
a bottom portion; and
a moving portion extending upward from the bottom portion and disposed in a corresponding one of the openings,
wherein
the bottom portions of the sliding parts are disposed under the third supporter and the fourth supporter, and
the moving portions of the sliding parts are connected to the first supporter and the second supporter.
17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein
a width in the first direction of the bottom portion is greater than each of the openings, and
a width in the first direction of the moving portion is smaller than each of the openings.
18. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sliding parts connected to the first supporter and the sliding parts connected to the second supporter move in a direction to be closer to each other by the elastic parts when the third supporter and the fourth supporter rotate by the hinge parts.
19. A display device comprising:
a display module;
a first supporter and a second supporter disposed under the display module and arranged in a first direction;
a spacer disposed between the first supporter and the second supporter;
a third supporter and a fourth supporter respectively disposed under the first supporter and the second supporter;
a hinge part connected to the third supporter and the fourth supporter;
a sliding part connected to each of the first supporter and the second supporter through an opening defined in each of the third supporter and the fourth supporter; and
an elastic part disposed between the sliding part and each of a distal side of the third supporter and a distal side of the fourth supporter, wherein
the distal side of the third supporter and the distal side of the fourth supporter are opposite to a first side of the third supporter and a first side of the fourth supporter, respectively, and
the first side of the third supporter and the first side of the fourth supporter face each other in the first direction,
wherein
the sliding part connected to the first supporter and the sliding part connected to the second supporter move in a direction to be closer to each other by the elastic part when the third and fourth supporters rotate by the hinge part.
20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the spacer comprises:
a support bar disposed between the third supporter and the fourth supporter and connected to a lower portion of the hinge part; and
a protrusion protruding upward from the support bar and disposed between the first supporter and the second supporter.
21. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the display module does not overlap the spacer in a plan view.
22. The display device of claim 19 , wherein
the elastic part is disposed in a guide groove defined in each of the third and fourth supporters and extending in the first direction from the opening and contacts the sliding part.
23. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the sliding part comprises:
a bottom portion; and
a moving portion extending upward from the bottom portion, disposed in the opening, and connected to a corresponding one of the first and second supporters,
wherein a width in the first direction of the bottom portion is greater than the opening, and a width in the first direction of the moving portion is smaller than the opening.
24. A display device comprising:
a display module;
a first supporter disposed under the display module;
a second supporter arranged in a first direction with the first supporter and disposed under the display module;
a third supporter disposed under the first supporter;
a fourth supporter disposed under the second supporter;
a spacer disposed between the first supporter and the second supporter and between the third supporter and the fourth supporter;
a hinge part connected to the third support and fourth supporter;
a first sliding part disposed in a first opening defined in the third supporter and connected to the first supporter;
a second sliding part disposed in a second opening defined in the fourth supporter and connected to the second supporter;
a first elastic part disposed in a first guide groove defined in the third supporter and extending toward a distal side of the third supporter, which is opposite to a first side of the third supporter, from the first opening; and
a second elastic part disposed in a second guide groove defined in the fourth supporter and extending toward a distal side of the fourth supporter, which is opposite to a first side of the fourth supporter, from the second opening,
wherein the first side of the third supporter and the first side of the fourth supporter face each other in the first direction.