Patent ID: 11890855
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A display device comprising:
a window; and
in order from the window:
a display module comprising a first display area, a second display area and a third display area consecutively arranged;
an impact resistance layer comprising:
a metal sheet corresponding to the first display area,
a plastic film corresponding to the third display area,
the plastic film spaced apart from the metal sheet in a first direction along the display module, to define a gap between the metal sheet and the plastic film at which the display module is exposed to outside the impact resistance layer, and
the gap which exposes the display module to outside the impact resistance layer spaced apart from each of the first folding display area and the second folding display area along the first direction of the display module; and

a support plate comprising a first area corresponding to the first display area, a second area corresponding to the second display area, a first folding area which is between the first area and the second area and at which the support plate is out-foldable together with the display module, a third area corresponding to the third display area, and a second folding area which is between the second area and the third area and at which the support plate is in-foldable together with the display module;
wherein
the support plate which is both out-folded at the first folding area and in-folded at the second folding area disposes:
the first display area and the second display area facing in opposite directions,
the second display area and the third display area facing each other, and
the first display area, the metal sheet of the impact resistance layer, the second display area, the third display area and the plastic film of the impact resistance layer in order.