Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9625946-B2
Application number	US-201414560007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Aug 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a display device, including a flexible display panel; and a first roller connected to the display panel and having an outer surface, the first roller winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface, the first roller winding both in a first rotating direction and in a second rotating direction opposite to the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a flexible display panel; and
a first roller connected to the flexible display panel and having an outer surface, the first roller to wind the flexible display panel on the outer surface, wherein:
in a first mode, the first roller winds in a first rotating direction and unwinds in a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction, and
in a second mode, the first roller winds in the second rotating direction and unwinds in the first rotating direction, wherein
a winding speed of the flexible display panel in the first rotating direction is different from a winding speed of the flexible display panel in the second rotating direction.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a wound diameter of the flexible display panel in the first rotating direction is different from a wound diameter of the flexible display panel in the second rotating direction.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second roller connected to the flexible display panel, facing the first roller, and having an outer surface, the second roller to wind the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the second roller, the second roller to wind in the first rotating direction or in the second rotating direction.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the flexible display panel is wound on the first roller and the second roller in a same rotating direction.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the flexible display panel is wound on the first roller and the second roller in different rotating directions.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a driving motor that rotates the first roller.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible display panel includes a display portion to display an image, a bonding portion at an edge of one side of the display portion connected to the first roller, and a driving integrated circuit chip on the bonding portion.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first roller includes a recessed roller pad, the bonding portion being on the recessed roller pad.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first roller winds the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the first roller alternately in the first and second rotating directions in a periodic manner.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the first roller alternately in the first and second rotating directions in a periodic manner disperses stress being caused due to winding of the flexible display panel in only one rotating direction and prevents changing of static characteristics of the flexible display panel.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a housing accommodating the display panel and the first roller.

12. A display device, comprising:
a housing having an opening at one surface thereof; and
a flexible display panel accommodated in the housing, the flexible display panel to wind in and to unwind out of the housing through the opening, wherein
in a first mode, the flexible display panel winds in the housing in a first rotating direction and unwinds out of the housing in a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction, and
in a second mode, the flexible display panel winds in the housing in the second rotating direction and unwinds out of the housing in the first rotating direction, wherein
a winding speed of the flexible display panel in the first rotating direction is different from a winding speed of the flexible display panel in the second rotating direction.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a first roller in the housing, the first roller having an outer surface, the first roller to wind the flexible display panel on the outer surface, the first roller to wind in the first rotating direction or in the second rotating direction.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first roller winds the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the first roller alternately in the first and second rotating directions in a periodic manner.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the first roller alternately in the first and second rotating directions in a periodic manner disperses stress being caused due to winding of the flexible display panel in only one rotating direction and prevents changing of static characteristics of the flexible display panel.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a second roller connected to the flexible display panel, facing the first roller, and having an outer surface, the second roller winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the second roller, the second roller winding in a same rotating direction as a rotating direction of the first roller or in a different rotating direction from the rotating direction of the first roller.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a driving motor that rotates the first roller.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein
a wound diameter of the flexible display panel in the first rotating direction is different from a wound diameter of the flexible display panel in the second rotating direction.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising at least one of a fixing member that prevents the flexible display panel from being overwound or a support member configured to support the flexible display panel when the flexible display panel is unwound.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jung Hun
• Kim Youn Joon
• Kim Cheol Su
• Shin Yoon Jee
• Lee Sang Jo
• Lee Jang Doo
• Lee Ju Suck
• Choi Kyung Min

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• B65H75/36

  without essentially involving the use of a core or former internal to a stored package of material, e.g. with stored material housed within casing or container, or intermittently engaging a plurality of supports as in sinuous or serpentine fashion · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title