Rollable display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9659512-B2
Application number	US-201514803644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2015
Priority date	Dec 3, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A rollable display device includes a flexible display panel that displays an image, a first housing, inside which a first portion of the flexible display panel is storable, a second housing, inside which a second portion of the flexible display panel is storable, a first rotation member inside the first housing, the first portion of the flexible display panel being windable and unwindable on the first rotation member, a second rotation member inside the second housing, the second portion of the flexible display panel being windable and unwindable on the second rotation member, a first rail at one end of the first rotation member, the first rail being defined in the first rotation member to have a spiral shape having two ends, and a first guide part penetrating through the first housing and being inserted in the first rail.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rollable display device, comprising:
a flexible display panel that displays an image;
a first housing, inside which a first portion of the flexible display panel is storable;
a second housing, inside which a second portion of the flexible display panel is storable;
a first rotation member inside the first housing, the first portion of the flexible display panel being windable and unwindable on the first rotation member;
a second rotation member inside the second housing, the second portion of the flexible display panel being windable and unwindable on the second rotation member;
a first rail at one end of the first rotation member, the first rail being defined in the first rotation member to have a spiral shape having two ends; and
a first guide part penetrating through the first housing and being inserted in the first rail.

2. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising first barrier parts that block both ends of the first rail, wherein:
the first rotation member is rotatable while the first guide part moves along the first rail, and
the first barrier parts block the movement of the first guide part.

3. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first housing includes a first opening portion extending through the first housing along a second direction crossing a first direction, and
the first guide part extends through the first opening portion and is inserted in the first rail, and
the first and second housings are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

4. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first guide part is moveable along the second direction in the first opening portion.

5. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess defined in the first rotation member.

6. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess located on an outer surface of the first rotation member.

7. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first portion of the flexible display has an area that is substantially the same as an area of second portion of the flexible display, and
a boundary line at which the first portion makes contact with the second portion corresponds to a center line of the flexible display panel.

8. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a second rail at one end of the second rotation member, the second rail being defined in the second rotation member to have a spiral shape having two ends; and
a second guide part penetrating through the second housing and being inserted in the second rail, wherein the second rotation member being rotatable while the second guide part moves along the second rail.

9. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising second barrier parts that block both ends of the second rail, the second barrier parts blocking the movement of the second guide part.

10. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess defined in the second rotation member.

11. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess located on an outer surface of the second rotation member.

12. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:
the second housing includes a second opening portion extending through the second housing along a second direction crossing a first direction,
the second guide part extends through the second opening portion and is inserted in the second rail, and
the first and second housings are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

13. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a third rail at an other end of the first rotation member, the third rail being defined in the first rotation member to have a spiral shape having two ends;
a fourth rail disposed at an other end of the second rotation member, the fourth rail being defined in the second rotation member to have a spiral shape having two ends;
a third guide part penetrating through the first housing and being inserted in the third rail; and
a fourth guide part penetrating through the second housing being inserted in the fourth rail.

14. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:
the first housing includes a third opening portion extending along the second direction,
the second housing includes a fourth opening portion extending along the second direction,
the third guide part passes through the third opening portion and is inserted in the third rail, and
the fourth guide part passes through the fourth opening portion and is inserted in the fourth rail.

15. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:
third barrier parts blocking both ends of the third rail, the third barrier parts blocking the movement of the third guide part; and
fourth barrier parts blocking both ends of the fourth rail, the fourth barrier parts blocking the movement of the fourth guide part.

16. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:
the third rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess defined in the first rotation member, and
the fourth rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess defined in the second rotation member.

17. The rollable display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:
the third rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess and is located on an outer surface of the first rotation member, and
the fourth rail is in a form of a spiral-shaped engraving recess and is located on an outer surface of the second rotation member.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jusuck
• Lee Junghun
• Kim Youn Joon
• Lee Sangjo
• Choi Kyungmin

Classifications

• G09F11/29

  of a band other than endless · CPC title

• G09F9/301

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

• G09B29/06

  of belt form, e.g. endless belt · CPC title

• G09F15/0062 Primary

  collapsible · CPC title

• G09F9/00 Primary

  Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements (in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00) · CPC title