IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,476
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,476 · App. 17/918,745 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Kyeongdong Kim (Seoul, KR); Dongkyoon Han (Seoul, KR); Hoyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyeongjun Kwon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H10K59/871H05K5/0217H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,376,476
App. No.
17/918,745
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present disclosure comprises: an elongated roller; a flexible display panel that is wound on or unwound from the roller; a module cover located at the rear of the display panel; a foldable link that is adjacent to the rear surface of the module cover and is folded or unfolded in the upward and downward directions by being pivoted about a pivot axis parallel to the forward and backward directions; and a sheet that is coupled to the foldable link between the module cover and the foldable link, wherein the coefficient of friction of the sheet is lower than the coefficient of friction of the foldable link.

Claims (30)

1. A display device comprising:

a roller which elongates;

a display panel configured to roll or unroll from the roller;

a module cover positioned in a rear portion of the display panel;

a foldable link adjacent to a rear surface of the module cover, and configured to pivot around a pivot axis which is in line with a front direction and a rear direction and to fold or unfold in an up direction or a down direction, respectively; and

a sheet coupled to the foldable link between the module cover and the foldable link,

wherein the sheet includes a coating layer forming a front surface of the sheet and facing the module cover,

wherein the coating layer contains a glass fiber, and

wherein a frictional coefficient of the coating layer is lower than a frictional coefficient of a front surface of the foldable link.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the front surface of the sheet protrudes from the front surface of the foldable link.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sheet further includes:

an adhesive layer positioned in a rear portion of the coating layer and coupled to the foldable link, and

wherein the coating layer is spaced apart from a rear surface of the module cover.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the coating layer includes a Poly TetraFluoroEthylene material.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the sheet further includes a soundproof layer positioned between the coating layer and the adhesive layer, the soundproof layer including a soundproof material.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the soundproof layer includes a polyurethane foam material.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the foldable link further includes a seating portion which forms a step by being recessed backward on the front surface of the foldable link, and

wherein the sheet is coupled to the seating portion.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a depth of the seating portion is smaller than a thickness of the sheet, and

wherein the front surface of the sheet is spaced apart from the rear surface of the module cover.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the front surface of the sheet and the rear surface of the module cover are spaced apart from each other by a length of 0.5 to 0.7 mm.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the depth of the seating portion is 0.2 to 0.23 mm, and

wherein the thickness of the sheet is 0.4 to 0.43 mm.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the foldable link is configured to elongate, and

wherein the sheet further includes a plurality of sheets spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the foldable link.

12. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a housing accommodating the roller therein; and

a guide bar spaced apart from the roller in a radial direction of the roller and installed in the housing, the guide bar being in contact with the front surface of the display panel,

wherein the sheet is positioned above the guide bar when the display panel and the module cover are maximally unrolled from the roller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2025
From: KIM, KYEONGDONG; HAN, DONGKYOON; KIM, HOYOUNG; KWON, HYEONGJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230247892A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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