Title:
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY PROTECTIVE MEMBER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/059098
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a display protective member. A foldable electronic apparatus according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a foldable housing which includes a plurality of housings and at least one hinge rotatably coupling the plurality of housings, and which folds about the hinge; and a flexible display which is disposed in the foldable housing and folds along with the foldable housing. The flexible display may include: a panel layer for displaying image information; a glass layer which is positioned above the panel layer with respect to the direction in which the image information is displayed, and which folds when the flexible display is folded; a folding region which is positioned at a folding portion of the glass layer, and includes a plurality of through-holes, which are arrayed in a regular pattern on the surface of the glass layer and pass through the glass layer in the thickness direction, and ribs, which are regions in between the plurality of through-holes that neighbor each other; a flexible polymer region which is positioned inside the through-holes and includes a transparent and elastic flexible polymer material; and a hard coating layer which is positioned on the upper surfaces of the glass layer and the flexible polymer region and has a higher modulus of elasticity than the flexible polymer material.
Inventors:
JO YOUNGKYONG (KR)
KIM SEOKKI (KR)
LEE BORA (KR)
LEE SANGBONG (KR)
LEE JONGSU (KR)
CHOI SEONGWOO (KR)
KIM SEOKKI (KR)
LEE BORA (KR)
LEE SANGBONG (KR)
LEE JONGSU (KR)
CHOI SEONGWOO (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2022/015045
Publication Date:
April 11, 2024
Filing Date:
October 06, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
G09F9/30; G06F1/16; H04M1/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YOON & LEE INTERNATIONAL PATENT & LAW FIRM (KR)
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