Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9844152-B2
Application number	US-201615092291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Nov 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A display device includes a housing; at least one roller positioned within the housing; and a display portion including a display panel and a module cover, and the module cover is divided into a plurality of sections. The display panel and the module cover can transition from a first state where the display panel and the module cover are wound around the at least one roller to a second state where the display panel and the module cover are unwound from the at least one roller, in contact with each other, and exposed out of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a housing;
a roller in the housing;
a display portion rewindable around the roller, and the display portion comprises a flexible display panel and a module cover;
a foldable support including a lower link pivotally connected to the housing and a upper link pivotally connected to an upper part of the display portion;
a motor assembly installed in the housing, the motor assembly pivots the lower link of the foldable support; and
a spring portion that provides the lower link of the foldable support with pushing force,
wherein the spring portion comprises a plurality of springs, and the plurality of springs has different spring constants from each other.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first gear is formed at an upper part of the lower link and a second gear is formed at a lower part of the upper link, and
the first gear is engaged with the second gear.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the foldable support further comprises a middle link, and
the middle link is hingedly coupled to the upper link and hingedly coupled to the lower link.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a first angle between a horizontal line and the upper link is substantially identical with a second angle between the horizontal line and the lower link.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein an angle between the upper link and the lower link changes according to the motor assembly operation.

6. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising
a top bar attached to a top portion of the display portion,
wherein one end of the upper link is connected to the top bar, and
the module cover is divided into a plurality of segments, and
a top segment of the module cover is attached to the top bar.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the module cover is divided into a plurality of segments.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the foldable support comprises an attachment part having a magnet, and
the attachment part is in contact with the module cover.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the module cover comprises
a trajectory corresponding to areas where the attachment part moves during a transition from the first state to the second state,
where the trajectory comprises magnetic material whose polarity is opposite to that of the attachment part.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel and the module cover can transition from a first state where the display panel and the module cover are wound around the roller to a second state where the display panel and the module cover are unwound from the roller, in contact with each other, and the upper part of the display portion moves outside of the housing from the first state to the second state.

11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising
a transmission portion, one end of which is connected to the lower link of the foldable support,
wherein the other end of the transmission portion is connected to the spring portion.

12. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising
a timing control board,
wherein the timing control board disposed inside of a roller, the display panel is wound around the roller.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the roller comprises;
an upper panel roller portion; and
a lower panel roller portion,
wherein the timing control board is mounted in between the upper panel roller portion and the lower panel roller portion.

14. The display device of claim 12 , further comprising
a source PCB attached to the display portion; and
a flat flexible cable connecting the timing control board to the source PCB,
wherein the flat flexible cable is wound around the roller.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display portion is positioned between the foldable support and the roller,
wherein the display device further comprises a guide bar positioned between the roller and the display portion, the guide bar pushes the display portion from the roller to the foldable support.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the roller is positioned in front of the foldable support.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Heo Jinha
• Han Jihoon
• Ryu Inkeun

Classifications

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · 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

• G06F1/1679

  for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K5/03

  Covers · CPC title

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title