Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10201103-B2
Application number	US-201715690928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 5, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a plurality of rollers positioned inside the housing, a display unit including a display panel and a module cover having at least one apron, of which at least a portion is connected to each other, and a driver including a motor assembly, an upper bar coupled to an upper part of the display unit, and at least one support portion having one side coupled to both ends of the upper bar and the other side coupled to the motor assembly and moving up and down the upper bar. The display panel and the module cover are in a first state in which they are wound around the roller or a second state in which they are unwound from the roller, contact each other, and are exposed to the outside of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of rollers positioned inside the housing;
a display unit including a display panel and a module cover having at least one apron, of which at least a portion of the display panel and the at least one apron is connected to each other; and
a motor assembly;
an upper bar coupled to an upper part of the display unit; and
at least one support portion having one side coupled to an end of the upper bar and having another side coupled to the motor assembly, the at least one support portion moving the upper bar up and down with an operation of the motor assembly,
wherein the plurality of rollers include a panel roller and the display panel and the module cover in a first state, are wound on the panel roller, and in a second state, are unwound from the panel roller, and are exposed to an outside of the housing,
wherein the plurality of rollers further includes an auxiliary roller extending along the longitudinal direction of the panel roller, opposite to the panel roller, positioned adjacent to the panel roller,
wherein the auxiliary roller moves to wind and unwind in a counter-direction to that of the panel roller, and
wherein the auxiliary roller includes:
a fixed cap fixed to one end of the auxiliary roller;
a rotating cap positioned at another end of the auxiliary roller and being rotatable; and
a coil spring of which one end is connected to the fixed cap and another end is connected to the rotating cap.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a protective sheet positioned inside the housing and wound around the auxiliary roller, and making contact with the display panel when the auxiliary roller unwinds the protective sheet.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein one end of the protective sheet is connected to the auxiliary roller, and another end of the protective sheet is connected to one end of the display panel.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the protective sheet includes a nonwoven fabric.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, one end of the coil spring connected to the fixed cap is fixed, and the another end of the coil spring connected to the rotating cap is rotatable, and the coil spring stores energy when the coil spring is wound by a rotation of the auxiliary roller.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein when the display panel transitions from the first state to the second state, a position of the auxiliary roller within the housing changes.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein a front surface of the display panel is closer to the auxiliary roller in the first state than the auxiliary roller in the second state.

8. The display device of claim 7 , further comprising a rail inside the housing, wherein the auxiliary roller is movable along the rail.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising a guide assembly connected to the auxiliary roller.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the guide assembly guides the auxiliary roller to move towards the front surface of the display panel when the display panel transitions from the second state to the first state.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the guide assembly includes:
a guide arm of which one end is connected to the auxiliary roller; and
a tension spring of which one end is connected to another end of the guide arm.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein as the auxiliary roller moves, the guide arm rotates.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein as the auxiliary roller moves away from the front surface of the display panel, the guide arm rotates in a counterclockwise direction.

14. The display device of claim 11 , wherein as the guide arm rotates, a length of the tension spring changes.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein as the auxiliary roller moves away from the front surface of the display panel, the length of the tension spring increases.

16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the guide assembly further includes a pin bolt that is positioned in a center of the guide arm and fixes the guide arm to the housing.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein an extending direction of the guide arm changes with respect to the pin bolt.

18. The display device of claim 16 , wherein when the display panel transitions from the first state to the second state, the guide arm rotates around the pin bolt.

19. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the guide assembly further includes a supporter that is connected to the another end of the tension spring and is fixed to the housing.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Hoyoung
• Kang Kitae
• Kim Dohyeon Hoyoung Kim
• Noh Changwan

Classifications

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• H04N5/655

  Construction or mounting of chassis, e.g. for varying the elevation of the tube · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• B21B39/008

  Rollers for roller conveyors (roller-ways in general B65G13/00, B21B39/00) · CPC title