IP Library Granted Patent US 12,222,767
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,767 · App. 17/936,355 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Jonggil Pyo (Seoul, KR); Jaehun Lee (Seoul, KR); Chulki Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F1/1656G06F1/1624G06F1/1652
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Patent No.
US 12,222,767
App. No.
17/936,355
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a flexible display panel; a flexible rear plate behind the display panel, and coupled to the display panel; a flexible inner plate coupled to the rear plate, between the rear plate and the display panel; a driving module coupled behind the rear plate, and provided with a slider that linearly reciprocates; a wing elongated to have one end coupled to the slider and another end coupled behind the rear plate, and provided with a pivot shaft positioned adjacent to the one end, between the ends; and a wing bracket adjacent to the pivot shaft to be fixed behind the rear plate, and coupled to the pivot shaft. The inner plate is positioned between the ends of the wing, and includes a plurality of holes formed by punching the inner plate and arranged in a direction intersecting with a length direction of the wing.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel;

a flexible rear plate at a rear of the display panel, the flexible rear plate coupled to the display panel;

a flexible inner plate between the rear plate and the display panel, the flexible inner plate coupled to the rear plate;

a driving module at a rear of the rear plate, the driving module including a slider that linearly reciprocates;

a wing elongated to have one end coupled to the slider and have the other end coupled to the rear of the rear plate, the wing including a pivot shaft adjacent to the one end, between the one end and the other end; and

a wing bracket adjacent to the pivot shaft, the wing bracket fixed to the rear of the rear plate and coupled to the pivot shaft,

wherein the inner plate comprises a plurality of holes positioned between the one end and the other end of the wing,

wherein the plurality of holes is arranged in a direction intersecting with a length direction of the wing,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a left side; and

a right side facing the left side,

wherein the wing comprises:

a first wing which has one end coupled to the slider and has the other end adjacent to the left side to be fixed to the rear of the rear plate; and

a second wing which has one end coupled to the slider and has the other end adjacent to the right side to be fixed to the rear of the rear plate,

wherein the plurality of holes comprises:

a first plurality of holes positioned between the other end of the first wing and the slider; and

a second plurality of holes positioned between the other end of the second wing and the slider,

wherein the inner plate further comprises a pressed part positioned between the first plurality of holes and the second plurality of holes, the pressed part formed at the inner plate and elongated from the left side toward the right side,

wherein the pressed part comprises a plurality of pressed parts being spaced apart from each other in the direction intersecting with the length direction of the wing of the inner plate and sequentially disposed, and

wherein the first plurality of holes is closer to one distal end of the pressed part than the left side of the inner plate, and the second plurality of holes is closer to the other distal end of the pressed part than to the right side of the inner plate.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of holes is symmetrical with the second plurality of holes with respect to the slider.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole is a long hole elongated in the direction intersecting with the length direction of the wing.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a depth of the pressed part is 1.3 to 1.7 times a thickness of the inner plate.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the inner plate further comprises a center plate which is positioned between the first plurality of holes and the second plurality of holes, and fixed to a front surface of the inner plate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the inner plate further comprises a plurality of cut-outs which are spaced apart from each other along an upper side of the inner plate and sequentially formed.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the inner plate further comprises a plurality of receiving holes which is spaced apart from each other along a lower side of the inner plate and sequentially formed.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving module comprises:

a front bracket fixed to the rear of the rear plate;

a rear bracket facing the front bracket; and

a lead screw which is elongated from the front bracket toward the rear bracket, and rotatably coupled to the front bracket or the rear bracket,

wherein the slider is screw-coupled to the lead screw and linearly reciprocates.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the driving module further comprises:

a first guide shaft which is parallel to the lead screw and fixed to the front bracket or the rear bracket; and

a second guide shaft which is parallel to the lead screw, is fixed to the front bracket or the rear bracket, and is opposite to the first guide shaft with respect to the lead screw.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the driving module further comprises a slider guide into which the first guide shaft and the second guide shaft are inserted, and which is movable on the first guide shaft and the second guide shaft and is fixed to the slider.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the wing bracket further comprises:

an upper bracket positioned at an upper side of the wing;

a lower bracket positioned at a lower side of the wing; and

a pin connecting the upper bracket and the lower bracket, and inserted into a pivot shaft of the wing.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the wing comprises:

a lever elongating from the one end to the pivot shaft; and

a wing plate elongating from the other end to the pivot shaft,

wherein a width of the wing plate is greater than a width of the lever.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the wing further comprises a rib which is positioned between the rear plate and the wing, elongates from the wing plate to the lever, and is formed on one surface of the wing plate and the lever.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the wing further comprises:

a wing end which is connected to the wing plate and forms the other end; and

an end pin which is formed to protrude from one side surface of the wing end.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising a sliding mount which is positioned between the rear plate and the wing end, is fixed to the rear plate, and to which the wing end is coupled,

wherein the sliding mount comprises:

a side wall facing one side surface of the wing end; and

a guide slot which is formed by penetrating the side wall, and into which the end pin is inserted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: PYO, JONGGIL; LEE, JAEHUN; KIM, CHULKI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0128830 · Sep 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230111967A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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